Slow beams of massive molecules
- Author(s)
- Sarayut Deachapunya, P.J. Fagan, András Major, Elisabeth Reiger, Helmut Ritsch, André Stefanov, Hendrik Ulbricht, Markus Arndt
- Abstract
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(s)
- Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
- External organisation(s)
- Burapha University, R and D the DuPont Company, Delft University of Technology, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
- Journal
- European Physical Journal D
- Volume
- 46
- Pages
- 307-313
- No. of pages
- 7
- ISSN
- 1434-6060
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00301-8
- Publication date
- 2008
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103026 Quantum optics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/slow-beams-of-massive-molecules(fd97b79e-bca4-42dc-822d-bd9490c3bc6e).html