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Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 159, 1-9 (2008)
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00687-9
On the prospects of interferometry and deflectometry for characterizing large molecules
M. Arndt, M. Berninger, S. Deachapunya, S. Gerlich, L. Hackermüller, A.G. Major, M. Marksteiner, A. Stéfanov and H. UlbrichtInstitut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Wien, Austria
markus.arndt@univie.ac.at
Published online: 21 May 2008
Abstract
We investigate the prospects of near-field
matter-wave interferometry for the sensitive determination
of molecular properties, such as electric polarizabilities,
electric and magnetic dipole moments or even life-times of
some molecular states. We discuss how important principles
of our present quantum experiments can be transferred to
the classical regime, i.e. to a Moiré deflectometer in
order to also measure characteristic properties of large
clusters and biomolecules.
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