At the beginning of the previous century, Newtonian mechanics was advanced by two new
revolutionary theories, Quantum Mechanics (QM) and General Relativity (GR). Both theories …

Matter-wave interferometry with molecules is intriguing both because it demonstrates a
fundamental quantum phenomenon and because it opens avenues to quantum-enhanced …

These lecture notes emerged from a contribution to the" Les Houches Summer School,
Session CVII-Current Trends in Atomic Physics, July 2016". It is meant to serve students as a …

It has recently been shown that matter‐wave interferometry can be used to imprint a periodic
nanostructure onto a molecular beam, which provides a highly sensitive tool for beam …

Fast, large area patterning of arbitrary structures down to the nanometre scale is of great
interest for a range of applications including the semiconductor industry, quantum …

Interference of more and more massive objects provides a spectacular confirmation of
quantum theory. It is usually regarded as support for “wave–particle duality” and in an …

We extend the theory of matter-wave interferometry of pointlike particles to nonspherical
objects by taking the orientational degrees of freedom into account. In particular, we derive …

We show that matter-wave diffraction off a single standing laser wave can be used as an
accurate measurement scheme for photophysical molecular parameters. These include …

Designing experiments which delocalize ever more complex and more massive particles
requires a quantitative assessment of new interferometer configurations. Here, we introduce …

We establish that matter-wave diffraction at near-resonant ultraviolet optical gratings can be
used to spatially separate individual conformers of complex molecules. Our calculations …