Otto Stern’s Legacy in Quantum Optics: Matter Waves and Deflectometry

Autor(en)

Stefan Gerlich, Yaakov Y. Fein, Armin Shayeghi, Valentin Köhler, Marcel Mayor, Markus Arndt

Abstrakt

Otto Stern became famous for molecular beam physics, matter-wave research and the discovery of the electron spin, with his work guiding several generations of physicists and chemists. Here we discuss how his legacy has inspired the realization of universal interferometers, which prepare matter waves from atomic, molecular, cluster or eventually nanoparticle beams. Such universal interferometers have proven to be sensitive tools for quantum-assisted force measurements, building on Stern’s pioneering work on electric and magnetic deflectometry. The controlled shift and dephasing of interference fringes by external electric, magnetic or optical fields have been used to determine internal properties of a vast class of particles in a unified experimental framework.

Organisation(en)

Quantenoptik, Quantennanophysik und Quanteninformation

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Basel

Band

1

Seiten

547-573

Anzahl der Seiten

27

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63963-1_24

Publikationsdatum

06-2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103026 Quantenoptik, 103021 Optik, 103008 Experimentalphysik

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/437f807d-fa62-44b9-9880-808b08221366