title: Selective photodissociation of tailored molecular tags as a tool for quantum optics.
abstract: Recent progress in synthetic chemistry and molecular quantum optics has enabled demonstrations of the quantum mechanical wave-particle duality for complex particles, with masses exceeding 10 kDa. Future experiments with even larger objects will require new optical preparation and manipulation methods that shall profit from the possibility to cleave a well-defined molecular tag from a larger parent molecule. Here we present the design and synthesis of two model compounds as well as evidence for the photoinduced beam depletion in high vacuum in one case.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sezer
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Geyer
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Moritz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kriegleder
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Debiossac
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shayeghi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics, VCQ, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arndt
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Felix
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St. Johannsring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; Lehn Institute of Functional Materials (LIFM), Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU), Xingang Rd. W., Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayor
keywords: molecular quantum optics; photodepletion; photodissociation; synthetic photo-tags