Diffraction of complex molecules by structures made of light
量子物理
2009-11-07 v1
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 C60 and C70 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.
引用
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0110012,
title = {Diffraction of complex molecules by structures made of light},
author = {Olaf Nairz and Björn Brezger and Markus Arndt and Anton Zeilinger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0110012},
year = {2009}
}
备注
4 pages, 3 figures