Shining intense laser pulses on an electron beam in an electron microscope corrects electron-optical spherical aberration, paving the way to using light to improve electron microscopy imaging.
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Hommelhoff, P. Improving electron microscopy with light. Nat. Photon. 19, 1277–1278 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-025-01798-8
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