New theoretical and experimental results in fresnel optics with applications to matter-wave and X-ray interferometry

Clauser, John F.; Reinsch, Matthias

doi:10.1007/bf00325384

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“…It has already been described earlier in the context of atom [20,21] and molecule [8,22] interferometry. In our present apparatus we employ a TLI composed of three gold gratings with a grating period of g=991 nm and slit openings of about 450 nm width.…”

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Polarizability measurements of a molecule via a near-field matter-wave interferometer

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We apply near-field matter-wave interferometry to determine the absolute scalar polarizability of the fullerenes C60 and C70. A key feature of our experiment is the combination of good transmission and high spatial resolution, gained by wide molecular beams passing through sub-micron gratings. This allows to significantly facilitate the observation of field-dependent beam shifts. We thus measure the polarizability to be α = 88.9 ± 0.9 ± 5.1Å3 for C60 and to α = 108.5 ± 2.0 ± 6.2Å 3 for C70.

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Polarizability measurements of a molecule via a near-field matter-wave interferometer

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“…It is based on earlier treatments using wave functions Brezger et al, 2003;Clauser and Reinsch, 1992;Patorski, 1989).…”

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Colloquium: Quantum interference of clusters and molecules

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We review recent progress and future prospects of matter wave interferometry with complex organic molecules and inorganic clusters. Three variants of a near-field interference effect, based on diffraction by material nanostructures, at optical phase gratings, and at ionizing laser fields are considered. We discuss the theoretical concepts underlying these experiments and the experimental challenges. This includes optimizing interferometer designs as well as understanding the role of decoherence. The high sensitivity of matter wave interference experiments to external perturbations is demonstrated to be useful for accurately measuring internal properties of delocalized nanoparticles. We conclude by investigating the prospects for probing the quantum superposition principle in the limit of high particle mass and complexity.

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“…Typical Talbot-Lau matter-wave interferometery [13][14][15][16] employs a three-grating diffraction scheme. In the most common time-domain setup, an atomic wave packet is diffracted by a periodic potential, applied briefly at time t = 0, into a collection of wave packets that depart from each other at multiples of the velocity v Q =hQ/m, where Q is the potential's wave vector and m is the atomic mass.…”

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Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements

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2010

Phys. Rev. A

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A standing-wave light-pulse sequence is demonstrated that places atoms into a superposition of wave packets with precisely controlled displacements that remain constant for times as long as 1 s. The separated wave packets are subsequently recombined, resulting in atom interference patterns that probe energy differences of ≈10 −34 J and can provide acceleration measurements that are insensitive to platform vibrations.

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New theoretical and experimental results in fresnel optics with applications to matter-wave and X-ray interferometry

Cited by 85 publications

References 13 publications

Polarizability measurements of a molecule via a near-field matter-wave interferometer

Polarizability measurements of a molecule via a near-field matter-wave interferometer

Colloquium: Quantum interference of clusters and molecules

Atom interferometry using wave packets with constant spatial displacements

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