Talbot-Lau interferometry with fullerenes: Sensitivity to inertial forces and vibrational dephasing

Laser Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-17

  Stibor, A ^a   Hornberger, K ^a   Hackermuller L ^a   Zeilinger, A ^a   Arndt, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FULLERENES; MOLECULAR BEAMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIZE DETERMINATION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ACOUSTIC VIBRATIONS; DE BROGLIE WAVELENGTH; FLOOR VIBRATIONS; INERTIAL FORCES; TALBOT-LAU INTERFEROMETRY; VIBRATIONAL DEPHASING;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 15744390327     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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