• DocumentCode
    3190012
  • Title

    Decoherence studies using interferometry of massive molecules

  • Author

    Hackermuller, L. ; Brezger, Eijom ; Hornberger, Klaus ; Uttenthaler, Stefan ; Reiger, Elisabeth ; Arndt, Markus ; Zeilinger, Anton

  • Author_Institution
    Institut fur Exp., Wien Univ., Austria
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    326
  • Abstract
    A molecule near-field interferometer of the Talbot Lau type is setup to investigate "decoherence by collisions" and "information exchange by emission of black body radiation". The interferometer is operated with C70 molecules in high vacuum at a base pressure of 2×10-8 mbar.
  • Keywords
    Talbot effect; fullerenes; light coherence; molecule-photon collisions; particle interferometry; quantum optics; 2E-8 mbar; C70; Talbot Lau type; black body radiation emission; collisional decoherence; information exchange; molecule near-field interferometer; Gases; Interference; Interferometry; Matter waves; Metrology; Near-field radiation pattern; Power lasers; Quantum mechanics; Solid lasers; Vacuum technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7733-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314183
  • Filename
    1314183