Diffracting molecular matter-waves at deep-ultraviolet standing-light waves

Ksenija Simonović; Richard Ferstl; Alfredo Di Silvestro; Marcel Mayor; Lukas Martinetz; Klaus Hornberger; Benjamin A. Stickler; Christian Brand; Markus Arndt

doi:10.48550/arXiv.2408.00461

Diffracting molecular matter-waves at deep-ultraviolet standing-light waves

Ksenija Simonović (Corresponding author)
, Richard Ferstl
, Alfredo Di Silvestro
, Marcel Mayor
, Lukas Martinetz
, Klaus Hornberger
, Benjamin A. Stickler
, Christian Brand
, Markus Arndt

Quantum Science

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Abstract

Matter-wave interferometry with molecules is intriguing both because it demonstrates a fundamental quantum phenomenon and because it opens avenues to quantum-enhanced measurements in physical chemistry. One great challenge in such experiments is to establish matter-wave beam splitting mechanisms that are efficient and applicable to a wide range of particles. In the past, continuous standing light waves in the visible spectral range were used predominantly as phase gratings, while pulsed vacuum ultraviolet light found applications in photoionization gratings. Here, we explore the regime of continuous, intense deep-ultraviolet (> 1 MW cm−2, 266 nm) light masks, where a rich variety of photo-physical and photo-chemical phenomena and relaxation pathways must be considered. The improved understanding of the mechanisms in this interaction opens new potential pathways to protein interferometry and to matter-wave enhanced sensing of molecular properties.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27617-27623
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume	26
Issue number	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2408.00461 https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cp03059a
Publication status	Published - 21 Nov 2024

Funding

We thank Y. Hua and V. K\u00F6hler for measuring the solution spectra of the photocleavable molecules and thank D. V\u00F6r\u00F6s, L. Gonz\u00E1lez and A. Shayeghi for fruitful discussions. This research was funded in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [10.55776/DOC85] and [10.55776/P32543]. We acknowledge funding from the European Commission within project 860713, by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation within project 10771, and by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) within project 50WM2264, with funds provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). BAS acknowledges funding by the DFG-510794108 as well as by the Carl Zeiss Foundation through the project QPhoton. We thank Y. Hua and V. K\u00F6hler for measuring the solution spectra of the photocleavable molecules and thank D. V\u00F6r\u00F6s, L. Gonz\u00E1lez and A. Shayeghi for fruitful discussions. This research was funded in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [10.55776/DOC85] and [10.55776/P32543]. We acknowledge funding from the European Commission within project 860713, by the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation within project 10771, and by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) within project 50WM2264, with funds provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). BAS acknowledges funding by the DFG--510794108 as well as by the Carl Zeiss Foundation through the project QPhoton.

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103005 Atomic physics
103025 Quantum mechanics
103006 Chemical physics
103021 Optics

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Diffracting molecular matter-waves at deep-ultraviolet standing-light waves

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