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arxiv: 2605.28383 · v1 · pith:IF2GM66Knew · submitted 2026-05-27 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall

Unity-order coupling between free electrons and multiphoton waveguided Fock states

L. Prelat , S. Abdullah , C. I. Velasco , F. J. Garc\'ia de Abajo This is my paper

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keywords free electronswaveguided modeselectrostatic steeringsilicon waveguidephoton yieldmultiphoton statesaloof interactionmodal selectivity
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The pith

Electrostatic deflection of grazing electrons produces strong tunable coupling to waveguided optical modes with yields exceeding ten photons per electron.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This paper shows that a repulsive static field in a biased silicon waveguide can steer grazing electrons to a controllable turning point. This turning point sets the minimum separation and thus the interaction strength with the waveguide modes. By tuning the electron incidence angle and bias voltage, both coupling and which modes are excited can be adjusted. The setup keeps the electron aloof enough to avoid lossy high-energy processes but still excites the desired modes efficiently. With 100 keV electrons, the predicted yield is more than ten photons on average per electron, offering a practical way to enhance free-electron interactions with photonic structures.

Core claim

By deflecting grazing electrons with a repulsive static field from a biased rectangular silicon waveguide, the electron turning point controls both the coupling strength to waveguided modes and the modal selectivity. This interaction can be tuned dynamically through the incidence angle and applied bias. The aloof nature of the trajectory suppresses lossy channels above the silicon band gap while allowing substantial excitation of the targeted modes. Calculations for practical biasing and 100 keV electrons predict an average yield exceeding ten photons per electron with voltage-tunable control.

What carries the argument

The tunable turning point in the grazing electron trajectory, which determines the minimum electron-waveguide separation and thus the coupling.

If this is right

  • The coupling strength and modal selectivity are dynamically tunable via incidence angle and bias.
  • An average yield exceeding ten photons per electron is achievable with 100 keV electrons.
  • The aloof interaction suppresses lossy high-energy channels while preserving targeted mode excitation.
  • Voltage provides tunable control of the interaction.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • This approach may allow engineering of specific multiphoton Fock states in waveguides through parameter tuning.
  • Similar steering could be applied to other photonic structures for enhanced electron-photon coupling.
  • Experimental realization could test the predicted yields in mesoscopic systems.

Load-bearing premise

The aloof electron-waveguide interaction suppresses lossy high-energy channels while preserving substantial excitation of the targeted waveguided modes.

What would settle it

An experiment measuring the photon emission yield from 100 keV electrons deflected by a biased silicon waveguide, checking if it exceeds ten photons per electron on average.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.28383 by C. I. Velasco, F. J. Garc\'ia de Abajo, L. Prelat, S. Abdullah.

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Figure 2. Figure 2: (a), consisting of an infinitely extended planar Si waveguide of thickness h and an e-beam moving towards the waveguide with in-plane velocity v ∥ yˆ, incident with a grazing angle θ ≪ 1. A planar electrode is placed at a distance d above the waveguide, held at a poten￾tial difference V0, such that a uniform DC repulsive field EDC = V0/d is maintained, corresponding to an electron potential energy U DC(z) … view at source ↗
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read the original abstract

Electron beams enable highly localized near-field excitation of waveguided optical modes, yet their coupling is typically limited by short interaction times along straight-line trajectories with fixed impact parameters. Here, we theoretically demonstrate that electrostatic steering overcomes this limitation by introducing a tunable turning point in grazing electron trajectories, thus controlling the minimum electron--waveguide separation and producing strong coupling to waveguided modes. Specifically, we consider a biased rectangular silicon waveguide, where a repulsive static field deflects a grazing electron. In this configuration, the electron turning point governs both the coupling strength and the modal selectivity, which can be dynamically tuned through the electron incidence angle and the applied bias. In addition, the aloof electron--waveguide interaction suppresses lossy high-energy channels (e.g., above the silicon band gap) while preserving substantial excitation of the targeted waveguided modes. Using a practical biasing configuration and 100~keV electrons, we predict an average yield exceeding ten photons per electron, with voltage-tunable control of the interaction. Our results establish electrostatic steering as a practical route for engineering and enhancing free-electron coupling to waveguided photonic modes.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

1 major / 1 minor

Summary. The manuscript theoretically demonstrates electrostatic steering of grazing 100 keV electron trajectories past a biased rectangular silicon waveguide. A repulsive static field creates a tunable turning point that controls minimum electron-waveguide separation, thereby governing coupling strength and modal selectivity to waveguided modes. The aloof trajectory is asserted to suppress lossy channels above the Si bandgap while enabling an average yield exceeding ten photons per electron, with dynamic tuning via incidence angle and bias voltage.

Significance. If the quantitative predictions are validated by explicit calculations, the result would be significant for free-electron nanophotonics: it provides a practical, voltage-tunable route to overcome the short-interaction-time limit of straight trajectories and achieve high photon yields from electron-waveguide coupling. No machine-checked proofs or parameter-free derivations are presented, but the approach directly targets a central experimental bottleneck in the field.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the claim of yields exceeding ten photons per electron at 100 keV requires that the electrostatic turning point simultaneously produces large overlap with the target guided mode and keeps the integrated coupling to lossy continuum channels (imaginary part of the dielectric response above ~1.1 eV) negligible. The text does not indicate whether both the guided-mode emission rate and the loss rate are computed on the identical steered trajectory; if the loss rate is comparable to or larger than the guided rate, the net yield collapses.
minor comments (1)
  1. The abstract refers to 'multiphoton waveguided Fock states' without clarifying whether the model treats the interaction quantum-mechanically (accounting for photon statistics) or via classical field excitation.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for identifying an important point of potential ambiguity in the abstract. We address the comment below and will revise the manuscript accordingly.

read point-by-point responses

  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the claim of yields exceeding ten photons per electron at 100 keV requires that the electrostatic turning point simultaneously produces large overlap with the target guided mode and keeps the integrated coupling to lossy continuum channels (imaginary part of the dielectric response above ~1.1 eV) negligible. The text does not indicate whether both the guided-mode emission rate and the loss rate are computed on the identical steered trajectory; if the loss rate is comparable to or larger than the guided rate, the net yield collapses.

    Authors: We thank the referee for this observation. In the calculations, both the guided-mode emission rate and the loss rate to continuum channels (via the imaginary part of the dielectric response above the Si bandgap) are evaluated on the identical electrostatically steered trajectory for each combination of incidence angle and bias voltage. The electron trajectory is first obtained by integrating the Lorentz force under the static bias field; the position-dependent coupling to each mode (guided and continuum) is then integrated along that same path using the aloof interaction Hamiltonian. Because the turning point enforces a minimum separation that lies outside the near-field decay length of lossy channels while remaining within the evanescent tail of the target guided mode, the integrated loss remains negligible relative to the guided yield, producing net photon numbers exceeding ten per electron. To eliminate any ambiguity we will add an explicit statement in the revised manuscript (both in the abstract and in the methods/results) confirming that all rates are computed on the common steered trajectory. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: trajectory modeling and mode overlap computed independently

full rationale

The derivation computes electron trajectories under applied bias to determine the turning-point separation, then evaluates coupling to guided modes and suppression of loss channels via the aloof condition on the same trajectory. This is a direct first-principles integration along the path using standard electron-photon interaction formulas; no fitted parameter is renamed as a prediction, no self-citation is invoked as a uniqueness theorem, and the >10 photons/electron yield is an output of the explicit calculation rather than an input. The abstract and described approach remain self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on classical trajectory modeling under electrostatic deflection and the assumption that aloof geometry selectively excites guided modes while avoiding material losses; no free parameters are explicitly fitted in the abstract, and no new entities are introduced.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Electron motion follows a classical trajectory under combined initial velocity and static repulsive field.
    Invoked to define the tunable turning point in grazing trajectories.
  • domain assumption Aloof interaction geometry suppresses excitations above the silicon band gap while allowing coupling to waveguided modes.
    Stated as the mechanism preserving targeted mode excitation.

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