Abstract
Recent advances in the manipulation of molecules now allow us to also probe nanoporous silified biomaterials. We demonstrate the quantum coherent propagation of phthalocyanine through the skeleton of the alga Amphipleura pellucida. A micro-focused laser source prepares a molecular beam which is sufficiently delocalized to be coherently transmitted through the alga's frustule—in spite of the substantial dispersive interaction between each molecule and the nanomembrane.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 083004 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | New Journal of Physics |
| Volume | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2013 |
Funding
We acknowledge the financial support by the FWF funds under contract Z149-N16 (Wittgenstein) and by the European Commission under contract FP7 304886 (Nanoquestfit). We acknowledge the discussions with I Gebeshuber on diatoms and S Scheel, J Fiedler, S Nimmrichter on modeling. We thank S Puchegger for his support in SEM imaging and J Bernardi for his support in STEM measurements at USTEM, Vienna.
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 1030 Physics, Astronomy
- 103026 Quantum optics
- 103008 Experimental physics
Keywords
- DIFFRACTION
- ATOMS
- INTERFEROMETER
- INTERFERENCE
- CLUSTERS
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