Research Overview
Our research focuses on electron vortex beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM), helical spin structures, and new atomic stacking motifs.
Selected Publications
Electron Vortex Beams
For the first time, we generated electron beams carrying orbital angular momentum.
Reference:
M. Uchida and A. Tonomura,
Nature 464, 737 (2010)
.
Helical Spin Structures
Real-space observation of helical spin order.
Reference:
M. Uchida, Y. Onose, Y. Matsui, and Y. Tokura,
Science 311, 359 (2006)
.
Atomic Stacking Motifs
Discovery of a simple rule for the arrangement of atoms in complex alloys.
Reference:
M. Uchida and Y. Matsui,
Acta Cryst. B56, 654 (2000)
.