Wave Nature of Biomolecules and Fluorofullerenes

Author(s)
Lucia Hackermüller, Stefan Uttenthaler, Klaus Hornberger, Elisabeth Reiger, Björn Brezger, Anton Zeilinger, Markus Arndt
Abstract

The wave nature of both the biomolecule TPP and the fluorofullerene C 60F48 in a near-field interferometer was demonstrated. The experimental visibilities of the interference fringes were compared to a quantum and a classical model. It was found that, for the porphyrin experiment, the visibility is in full agreement with predictions by quantum mechanics and in clear disagreement with the classical model.

Organisation(s)
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Volume
91
No. of pages
4
ISSN
0031-9007
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.090408
Publication date
2003
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103026 Quantum optics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/wave-nature-of-biomolecules-and-fluorofullerenes(54294d8d-0ad2-4a4d-ba64-d82c92e568b0).html