An atomically thin matter-wave beamsplitter

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 845-848

  Brand, Christian ^a   Sclafani, Michele ^a,b   Knobloch, Christian ^a   Lilach, Yigal ^c   Juffmann, Thomas ^a,d   Kotakoski, Jani ^a   Mangler, Clemens ^a   Winter, Andreas ^e   Turchanin, Andrey ^e   Meyer, Jannik ^a   Cheshnovsky, Ori ^c   Arndt, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; GRAPHENE; INTERFEROMETRY; MOLECULES; NANORIBBONS; QUANTUM THEORY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BILAYER GRAPHENE; CARBON NANOSCROLLS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MECHANICAL GRATINGS; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; QUANTUM PHYSICS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

BIPHENYL; CARBON; GRAPHENE; NANORIBBON;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BEAMSPLITTER; DIFFRACTION; FORCE; GRATING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THICKNESS;

EID: 84943223289     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2015.179     Document Type: Article

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