Univ. Prof. Dr. Markus Arndt Quantum nanophysics group Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Wien, Austria Office:  +43 (0)1 4277 51205 Fax   :  +43 (0)1 4277 9512  e-mail: markus.arndt(at)univie.ac.at Back to quantum group page

Research interests

· Quantum optics with macromolecules

· Matter wave optics and interferometry

· Decoherence and the quantum to classical transition

· Molecular beam methods

· Molecule metrology

· Cooling of atoms and molecules

· Molecule lithography

Curriculum vitae

Publications

International projects

· EUROQUASAR: ESF Collaborative research program for Quantum Standards and Metrology (Coordinator: MIME)

· CASIMIR: ESF network dedicated to the Casimir effect (Steering committee)

Selected references:

Quantum Optics with Large Molecules

• Stefan Gerlich, Michael Gring, Hendrik Ulbricht, Klaus Hornberger, Jens Tüxen, Marcel Mayor and Markus Arndt
  Matter-Wave Metrology as a Complementary Tool for Mass Spectrometry
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 6195 –6198 (2008).
  
  
• Stefan Gerlich, Lucia Hackermüller, Klaus Hornberger, Alexander Stibor, Hendrik Ulbricht, Fabienne Goldfarb,
  Tim Savas, Marcel Müri, Marcel Mayor and Markus Arndt
  A Kapitza-Dirac-Talbot-Lau interferometer for highly polarizable molecules
  Nature Physics 3, 711 - 715 (2007).
  
  
• Martin Berninger, André Stefanov, Sarayut Deachapunya, and Markus Arndt
  Polarizability measurements in a molecule near-field interferometer
  Phys. Rev. A. 76, 013607 (2007).
  
  
• Alexander Stibor, André Stefanov, Fabienne Goldfarb, Elisabeth Reiger, and Markus Arndt
  A scalable optical detection scheme for matter wave interferometry
  New Journal of Physics 7, 224 (2005).
  
• Lucia Hackermüller, Klaus Hornberger, Björn Brezger, Anton Zeilinger and Markus Arndt
  Decoherence of matter waves by thermal emission of radiation
  Nature 427, 711–714 (2004).
  
• Lucia Hackermüller, Stefan Uttenthaler, Klaus Hornberger, Elisabeth Reiger, Björn Brezger, Anton Zeilinger and Markus Arndt
  The wave nature of biomolecules and fluorofullerenes
  Phys. Rev. Lett 91, 90408 (2003).
• Klaus Hornberger, Stefan Uttenthaler,Björn Brezger, Lucia Hackermüller, Markus Arndt and Anton Zeilinger :
  Observation of Collisional Decoherence in Interferometry
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 160401 (2003).
  
• Björn Brezger, Lucia Hackermüller, Stefan Uttenthaler, Julia Petschinka, Markus Arndt and Anton Zeilinger:
  Matter-wave interferometer for large molecules
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 100404 (2002).
  
• Olaf Nairz, Björn Brezger Markus Arndt and Anton Zeilinger:
  Diffraction of Complex Molecules by Structures Made of Light
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 160401 (2001).
  
• Markus Arndt, Olaf Nairz, Julian Voss-Andreae, Claudia Keller, Gerbrand van der Zouw and Anton Zeilinger:
  Wave-particle duality of C60 molecules
  Nature 401, 680-682 (1999).
  

Ultra cold collisions of Cs atoms ( ENS, Paris )

• Markus Arndt, Maxime Ben Dahan, David Guéry-Odelin, Meritt Reynolds and Jean Dalibard:
  Observation of a zero energy resonance in Cs-Cs collisions
  Phys.Rev.Lett. 79, p.625-629 (1997)
  
  

Atom optics in the time domain ( ENS, Paris )

• Pascal Szriftgiser, David Guéry-Odelin, Markus Arndt, Jean Dalibard:
  Atomic wave diffraction and interference using temporal slits
  Phys.Rev.Lett. 77, p. 4-7 (1996), 
  

Trapping and spectroscopy of atoms in liquid and solid helium ( MPQ, Garching )

• M. Arndt, S. I. Kanorsky, A. Weis, T. W. Hänsch:
  Long electronic spin relaxation times of Cs atoms in solid 4-He
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 74,  p. 1359-62(1995)
  

Microwave Ionization of Rb-Rydberg atoms & Experimental quantum chaology, LMU, Munich

• M. Arndt, A. Buchleitner, R.N. Mantegna, H. Walther:
  Experimental Study of Quantum and Classical Limits in Microwave Ionization of Rubidium Rydberg Atoms
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, p. 2435-38 (1991)