Macroscopic matter wave interferometry Stefan Nimmrichter

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nimmrichter, Stefan, author.

Series:

Springer theses 2190-5053

Springer Theses 2190-5053

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interferometry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham Springer 2014

Summary:

Matter-wave interferometry is a promising and successful way to explore truly macroscopic quantum phenomena and probe the validity of quantum theory at the borderline to the classic world. Indeed, we may soon witness quantum superpositions with nano to micrometer-sized objects. Yet, venturing deeper into the macroscopic domain is not only an experimental but also a theoretical endeavour: new interferometers must be conceived, sources of noise and decoherence identified, size effects understood, and possible modifications of the theory taken into account. This thesis provides the theoretical background to recent advances in molecule and nanoparticle interferometry. In addition, it contains a physical and objective method to assess the degree of macroscopicity of such experiments, ranking them among other macroscopic quantum superposition phenomena

Contents:

Interaction of Polarizable Particles with Light

Near-Field Interference Techniques with Heavy Molecules and Nanoclusters

Classicalization and the Macroscopicity of Quantum Superposition States

Notes:

"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Vienna, Austria"

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 25, 2014)

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319070971

3319070975

3319070967

9783319070964

OCLC:

881715494

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