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Quantum interference of large organic molecules.

ABSTRACT: The wave nature of matter is a key ingredient of quantum physics and yet it defies our classical intuition. First proposed by Louis de Broglie a century ago, it has since been confirmed with a variety of particles from electrons up to molecules. Here we demonstrate new high-contrast quantum experiments with large and massive tailor-made organic molecules in a near-field interferometer. Our experiments prove the quantum wave nature and delocalization of compounds composed of up to 430 atoms, with a maximal size of up to 60 Å, masses up to m=6,910 AMU and de Broglie wavelengths down to ?(dB)=h/mv?1 pm. We show that even complex systems, with more than 1,000 internal degrees of freedom, can be prepared in quantum states that are sufficiently well isolated from their environment to avoid decoherence and to show almost perfect coherence.

SUBMITTER: Gerlich S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3104521 | biostudies-literature | 2011

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Quantum interference of large organic molecules.

Gerlich Stefan S Eibenberger Sandra S Tomandl Mathias M Nimmrichter Stefan S Hornberger Klaus K Fagan Paul J PJ Tüxen Jens J Mayor Marcel M Arndt Markus M

Nature communications 20110101

The wave nature of matter is a key ingredient of quantum physics and yet it defies our classical intuition. First proposed by Louis de Broglie a century ago, it has since been confirmed with a variety of particles from electrons up to molecules. Here we demonstrate new high-contrast quantum experiments with large and massive tailor-made organic molecules in a near-field interferometer. Our experiments prove the quantum wave nature and delocalization of compounds composed of up to 430 atoms, with ...[more]

PMID: 21468015

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