Decoherence in a Talbot-Lau interferometer: The influence of molecular scattering

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 781-787

  Hackermuller L ^a   Hornberger, K ^a   Brezger, B ^a,b   Zeilinger, A ^a   Arndt, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EXTRAPOLATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTEGRATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULES; PROTEINS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

DECOHERENCE THEORY; MOLECULAR COLLISIONS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

FULLERENES;

EID: 3042748422     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-003-1312-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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