The Coming of Age of the Ultracold Electron Source: A ReviewJulius Huijts, Jom Luitenhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09889 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.09889
The Coming of Age of the Ultracold Electron Source: A ReviewThe ultracold electron source is a unique approach to the generation of high-brightness electron beams. We give an overview of its development over the past 20 years, including the underlying physical principles, technical details and recent experiments, and give a flavor of the exciting prospects that the future may hold.