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Matter wave interferometry is a well established field in physics. Interferometers with de Broglie waves have been demonstrated for electrons1 and neutrons,2 and recently also for atoms.3,4
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Sleator, T., Carnal, O., Faulstich, A., Mlynek, J. (1992). Interferometry with Metastable Rare Gas Atoms. In: Tombesi, P., Walls, D.F. (eds) Quantum Measurements in Optics. NATO ASI Series, vol 282. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3386-3_3
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