Concept of an ionizing time-domain matter-wave interferometer
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Concept of an ionizing time-domain matter-wave interferometer
We discuss the concept of an all-optical and ionizing matter-wave interferometer in the time domain. The proposed setup aims at testing the wave nature of highly massive clusters and molecules, and it will enable new precision experiments with a broad class of atoms, using the same laser system. The propagating particles are illuminated by three pulses of a standing ultraviolet laser beam, whic...
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عنوان ژورنال: New Journal of Physics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/7/075002