Slow beams of massive molecules

Autor(en)

Sarayut Deachapunya, P.J. Fagan, András Major, Elisabeth Reiger, Helmut Ritsch, André Stefanov, Hendrik Ulbricht, Markus Arndt

Abstrakt

Slow beams of neutral molecules are of great interest for a wide range of applications, from cold chemistry through precision measurements to tests of the foundations of quantum mechanics. We report on the quantitative observation of thermal beams of perfluorinated macromolecules with masses up to 6000 amu, reaching velocities down to 11 m/s. Such slow, heavy and neutral molecular beams are of importance for a new class of experiments in matter-wave interferometry and we also discuss the requirements for further manipulation and cooling schemes with molecules in this unprecedented mass range.

Organisation(en)

Quantenoptik, Quantennanophysik und Quanteninformation

Externe Organisation(en)

Burapha University, DuPont Company, Delft University of Technology, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Journal

European Physical Journal D

Band

46

Seiten

307-313

Anzahl der Seiten

7

ISSN

1434-6060

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00301-8

Publikationsdatum

2008

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103026 Quantenoptik

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/fd97b79e-bca4-42dc-822d-bd9490c3bc6e