The development of matter-wave interferometry

1892 Discovery of the photoelectric effect (Elster & Geitel)

1921-26 Experimental demonstration of electron diffraction (Davisson & Germer)

1953 First electron-beam interferometer with a set-up analogous to the Mach-Zehnder interferometer

1960 Electron-beam interferometer using artificially produced slits (Jönsson)

1974 Interference of neutrons at a silicon single crystal (Rauch, Treimer, Bonse)

1991 Interference of entire helium and sodium atoms (Carnal & Mlynek, Keith et al.)

1999 Molecular interferometer with C60 and C70 molecules (Arndt & Zeilinger)

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