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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 4: Matter Wave Optics I

Q 4.7: Talk

Monday, March 5, 2018, 12:00–12:15, K 1.013

Quantum Interference of Force — •Raul Corrêa1,2, Marina F. B. Cenni1, and Pablo L. Saldanha11Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 701, 30161-970, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil — 2Institute für Optik, Information und Photonik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

We discuss how, due to an interference effect, the superposition of a positive force with a null force on a quantum particle may result in a negative momentum transfer to the particle when the appropriate post-selection is made. This quantum interference of force represents a novel manifestation of the wave-particle duality, since forces act on particles and interference is a property of waves. We discuss two experimental schemes that could verify the effect with current technology: one with quantum particles (electrons, atoms or neutrons) in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in free space, and another with atoms from a Bose-Einstein condensate.

R. Corrêa et al. arXiv:1802.10370 (2018).

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