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  • 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • (Optica Publishing Group, 2015),
  • paper EA_3_1

Interferometry with atoms and macromolecules: From mind-bogglers of quantum optics to elements of biology

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Abstract

Matter-wave physics is based on the insight by Louis de Broglie that ‘any isolated portion of matter’ can be associated with a ‘periodical phenomenon’[1]. This idea inspired Erwin Schrödinger’s quantum wave mechanics and our modern understanding of atomic physics and chemistry. The short de Broglie wavelength of electrons or neutrons is routinely used in advanced technologies such as electron microscopy and neutron diffraction. De Broglie’s hypothesis is, however, much more general: Over the last 25 years quantum optics with atoms and molecules has developed into a thriving field of research using mind-boggling states of matter for precision metrology [2, 3] and fundamental tests of physics [4].

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