Quantum interferometry with complex molecules
arXiv:0903.1614
Abstract
This chapter reviews recent experiments on matter wave interferometry with large molecules. Starting from an elementary introduction to matter wave physics we discuss far-field diffraction and near-field interferometry with thermally excited many-body systems. We describe the constraints imposed by decoherence and dephasing effects, and present an outlook to the future challenges in macromolecule and cluster interferometry.
29 pages, 11 figures; to appear in "Quantum Coherence in Solid State Systems", Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course CLXXI