OPTICS AND INTERFEROMETRY WITH NA-2 MOLECULES

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作者
CHAPMAN, MS
EKSTROM, CR
HAMMOND, TD
SCHMIEDMAYER, J
WEHINGER, S
PRITCHARD, DE
机构
[1] MIT, ELECTR RES LAB, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 USA
[2] UNIV INNSBRUCK, INST PHYS EXPTL, A-6020 INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.4783
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have produced an intense, pure beam of sodium molecules (Na2) by using light forces to separate the atomic and molecular species in a seeded supersonic beam. We used diffraction from a microfabricated grating to study the atomic and molecular sodium in the beam. Using three of these gratings, we constructed a molecule interferometer with fully separated beams and high contrast fringes. We measured both the real and imaginary parts of the index of refraction of neon gas for Na2 molecule de Broglie waves by inserting a gas cell in one arm of the interferometer. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:4783 / 4786
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