Invisible tool enables new quantum experiments
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 05:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists have now succeeded in constructing a novel matter wave interferometer which enables new quantum studies with a broad class of particles, including atoms, molecules and nanoparticles. These lumps of matter are exposed to three pulsed laser light gratings which are invisible to the human eye, exist only for a billionth of a second and never simultaneously.