Space Charge Aberrations in Single Shot Time-Resolved Transmission Electron Microscopy

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss effects of space charge fields on imaging performance in a single shot time-resolved electron microscope (TEM). Using a Green's function perturbation method, we derive analytical estimates for the effects of space charge nonlinearity on the image formation process and the associated aberration coefficients. The dependence of these coefficients on the initial beam phase space distribution is elucidated. The results are validated by particle tracking simulations and provide fundamental scaling laws for the trade-off between temporal and spatial resolution in single-shot time-resolved TEM.