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Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference on Atomic Physics: The Expanding Frontier of Atomic Physics (2002), p. 133-141.
We report the experimental realization of phase and absorption gratings for electrons. Phase gratings made with standing waves of light with a periodicity of 266 nm are used to diffract 380 eV electrons . Material gratings of 100 and 200 nm periodicity are used to diffract 500 eV electrons. We are exploring the possibility to use these gratings for low energy electron interferometry.