Ben McMorran

Ben McMorran is a CNST Postdoctoral Researcher in the Electron Physics Group in the CNST. He received a B.S. in Physics from Oregon State University, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Arizona. For his thesis research, Ben used nanogratings to perform new types of electron diffraction and interferometry experiments, and used partial coherence optical theory to develop a general model of grating interferometers. Ben is currently working with John Unguris fabricating magnetic nanostructures and characterizing them using SEMPA and other imaging techniques.

• An Electron Talbot Interferometer, B. McMorran and A. D. Cronin, New Journal of Physics 11, 033021 (2009).

• A Model for Partial Coherence and Wavefront Curvature in Grating Interferometers, B. McMorran and A. D. Cronin, Physical Review A 78, 013601 (2008).

• Electron Interferometry With Nanogratings, A. D. Cronin and B. McMorran, Physical Review A 74, 061602(R) (2006).

• Diffraction of 0.5 keV Electrons From Free-standing Transmission Gratings, B. McMorran, J. D. Perreault, T. A. Savas, and A. Cronin, Ultramicroscopy 106, 356-364 (2006).