# Concept of an ionizing time-domain matter-wave interferometer

@article{Nimmrichter2011ConceptOA,
title={Concept of an ionizing time-domain matter-wave interferometer},
author={Stefan Nimmrichter and Philipp Haslinger and Klaus Hornberger and Markus Arndt},
journal={New Journal of Physics},
year={2011},
volume={13},
pages={075002}
}
• Published 17 February 2011
• Physics
• New Journal of Physics
We discuss the concept of an all-optical and ionizing matter-wave interferometer in the time domain. The proposed setup aims at testing the wave nature of highly massive clusters and molecules, and it will enable new precision experiments with a broad class of atoms, using the same laser system. The propagating particles are illuminated by three pulses of a standing ultraviolet laser beam, which detaches an electron via efficient single-photon absorption. Optical gratings may have periods as…
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