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Phys. Rev. Lett. 48, 1443–1446 (1982)

Observation of Aharonov-Bohm Effect by Electron Holography

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Akira Tonomura, Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Ryo Suzuki, Akira Fukuhara, Nobuyuki Osakabe, Hiroshi Umezaki, Junji Endo, Kohsei Shinagawa, Yutaka Sugita, and Hideo Fujiwara
Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd., Kokubunji, Tokyo 185, Japan

Received 16 February 1982; published in the issue dated 24 May 1982

In this experiment, an electron- and optical-holographic technique is employed with small toroidal ferromagnets each forming a magnetic-flux closure. The holographic interferometry proves that a phase difference between two electron beams having passed through the field-free regions agrees well with the fundamental relation known as the Aharonov-Bohm effect. It is also confirmed from the same hologram that flux leakage from the toroids does not affect the conclusion.

© 1982 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.1443
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.48.1443
PACS:
03.65.Bz, 41.80.Dd, 42.40.Mg