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Diffraction of complex molecules by structures made of light
Olaf Nairz, Björn Brezger, Markus Arndt, Anton Zeilinger
abstract: We demonstrate that structures made of light can be used to coherently
control the motion of complex molecules. In particular, we show diffraction of
the fullerenes C60 and C70 at a thin grating based on a standing light wave. We
prove experimentally that the principles of this effect, well known from atom
optics, can be successfully extended to massive and large molecules which are
internally in a thermodynamic mixed state and which do not exhibit narrow
optical resonances. Our results will be important for the observation of
quantum interference with even larger and more complex objects.
- oai_identifier:
- oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0110012
- categories:
- quant-ph
- comments:
- 4 pages, 3 figures
- doi:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.160401
- arxiv_id:
- quant-ph/0110012
- journal_ref:
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 160401 (2001)
- created:
- 2001-10-02
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