Mairhofer Lukas, Eibenberger Sandra, Shayeghi Armin, Arndt Markus
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Wien, Austria.
Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Entropy (Basel). 2018 Jul 9;20(7):516. doi: 10.3390/e20070516.
Matter-wave near-field interference can imprint a nano-scale fringe pattern onto a molecular beam, which allows observing its shifts in the presence of even very small external forces. Here we demonstrate quantum interference of the pre-vitamin 7-dehydrocholesterol and discuss the conceptual challenges of magnetic deflectometry in a near-field interferometer as a tool to explore photochemical processes within molecules whose center of mass is quantum delocalized.
物质波近场干涉可以在分子束上印刻出纳米级条纹图案，这使得即使在存在非常小的外力的情况下也能观察到其位移。在这里，我们展示了前维生素7-脱氢胆固醇的量子干涉，并讨论了近场干涉仪中磁偏转测量作为一种工具在探索质心量子离域的分子内光化学过程时所面临的概念挑战。
