New compounds for molecule interferometry experiments
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 16:00
in Physics & Chemistry
When waves meet, a new single wave is created. This phenomenon is well understood for mechanical waves such as sound, and electro-magnetic waves such as light, and the "interference" of light waves is applied in astronomy, fiber optics, and oceanography. The observation that even individual large organic molecules can delocalize over large distance and interferenot with each other, but each one with itselfis rather new, and its study requires suitable substances.