Experimental verification of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle for fullerene molecules

Olaf Nairz, Markus Arndt, Anton Zeilinger

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    Abstract

    An experiment was performed to investigate in a quantitative way the uncertainty relation upon diffraction at a single slit for a molecule as complex, massive, and hot as the fullerene C70 (m=840 amu) emerging from the oven with an internal and translational temperature of 900 K. Molecular momentum spread increased after passage through a narrow slit with a variable width down to 70 nm.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number032109
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhysical Review A
    Volume65
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

    Austrian Fields of Science 2012

    • 103026 Quantum optics

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