Experimental verification of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle for fullerene molecules

Author(s)
Olaf Nairz, Markus Arndt, Anton Zeilinger
Abstract

An experiment was performed to investigate in a quantitative way the uncertainty relation upon diffraction at a single slit for a molecule as complex, massive, and hot as the fullerene C70 (m=840 amu) emerging from the oven with an internal and translational temperature of 900 K. Molecular momentum spread increased after passage through a narrow slit with a variable width down to 70 nm.

Organisation(s)
External organisation(s)
Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität (PMU)
Journal
Physical Review A
Volume
65
No. of pages
4
ISSN
1050-2947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.65.032109
Publication date
2002
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103026 Quantum optics
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/experimental-verification-of-the-heisenberg-uncertainty-principle-for-fullerene-molecules(5e803d1f-896d-454a-9f27-d7c7ec25a8ea).html