Colloquium: Quantum interference of clusters and molecules
By K. Hornberger, S. Gerlich, P. Haslinger, S. Nimmrichter, Markus Arndt. 2011
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We review recent progress and future prospects of matter wave interferometry with complex organic molecules and inorganic clusters. Three variants of a near-field interference effect, based on diffraction by material nanostructures, at optical phase gratings, and at ionizing laser fields are considered. We discuss the theoretical concepts underlying these experiments and the experimental challenges. This includes optimizing interferometer designs as well as understanding the role of decoherence. The high sensitivity of matter wave interference experiments to external perturbations is demonstrated to be useful for accurately measuring internal properties of delocalized nanoparticles. We conclude by investigating the prospects for probing the quantum superposition principle in the limit of high particle mass and complexity.
Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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- Quantum decoherence (2019, background): “Advances in experimental techniques have made it possible to observe the gradual action of decoherence in experiments such as cavity QED [11], matter-wave interferometry [12], superconducting systems [13], and ion traps [14, 15] (see Sec.”
- Search for New Physics with Atoms and Molecules (2017, methodology): “We will also exclude detailed consideration of quantum mechanics tests with AMO systems which have been recently reviewed as well (Aspelmeyer et al., 2014; Bassi et al., 2013; Hornberger et al., 2012).”
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