Concepts for near-field interferometers with large molecules

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Brezger, Björn ^a   Arndt, Markus ^a   Zeilinger, Anton ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Matter waves; Molecule interferometer; Molecule surface interaction; Phase gratings; Talbot effect; Talbot Lau interferometer

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FULLERENES; INTERFEROMETERS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SURFACES;

CASIMIR-POLDER INTERACTION; MECHANICAL GRATING; NEAR-FIELD INTERFEROMETER; STANDING LIGHT WAVE; TALBOT-LAU INTERFEROMETER;

QUANTUM INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA;

EID: 0037723007     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/5/2/362     Document Type: Article

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