The virtual photons that are exchanged when a free-electron vortex beam interacts with a nanoscopic target unlock an explicit connection between polarized optical spectroscopy and the inelastic scattering of scalar electron waves.
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Masiello, D.J. Polarization out of the vortex. Nat. Phys. 17, 549–551 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01167-6
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