Diffraction of complex molecules by structures made of light

被引：82

作者：

Nairz, O ^{[1
]}

Brezger, B ^{[1
]}

Arndt, M ^{[1
]}

Zeilinger, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Vienna, Inst Expt Phys, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2001年 / 87卷 / 16期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.160401

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O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate that structures made of light can be used to coherently control the motion of complex molecules. In particular, we show diffraction of the fullerenes C-60 and C-70 at a thin grating based on a standing light wave. We prove experimentally that the principles of this effect, well known from atom optics, can be successfully extended to massive and large molecules which are internally in a thermodynamic mixed state and which do not exhibit narrow optical resonances. Our results will be important for the observation of quantum interference with even larger and more complex objects.

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页码：art. no. / 160401

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