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Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer
The first successful operation of a neutron interferometer with a separate beam-recombining crystal is reported. This result was achieved at the neutron interferometry setup S18 at the ILL in Grenoble by a collaboration between TU Wien, ILL, Grenoble, and INRIM, Torino. While previous interferometer...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9348866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35974723 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722006082 |
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author | Lemmel, H. Jentschel, M. Abele, H. Lafont, F. Guerard, B. Sasso, C. P. Mana, G. Massa, E. |
author_facet | Lemmel, H. Jentschel, M. Abele, H. Lafont, F. Guerard, B. Sasso, C. P. Mana, G. Massa, E. |
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description | The first successful operation of a neutron interferometer with a separate beam-recombining crystal is reported. This result was achieved at the neutron interferometry setup S18 at the ILL in Grenoble by a collaboration between TU Wien, ILL, Grenoble, and INRIM, Torino. While previous interferometers have been machined out of a single-crystal block, in this work two crystals were successfully aligned on nanoradian and picometre scales, as required to obtain neutron interference. As a decisive proof-of-principle demonstration, this opens the door to a new generation of neutron interferometers and exciting applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-93488662022-08-15 Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer Lemmel, H. Jentschel, M. Abele, H. Lafont, F. Guerard, B. Sasso, C. P. Mana, G. Massa, E. J Appl Crystallogr Research Papers The first successful operation of a neutron interferometer with a separate beam-recombining crystal is reported. This result was achieved at the neutron interferometry setup S18 at the ILL in Grenoble by a collaboration between TU Wien, ILL, Grenoble, and INRIM, Torino. While previous interferometers have been machined out of a single-crystal block, in this work two crystals were successfully aligned on nanoradian and picometre scales, as required to obtain neutron interference. As a decisive proof-of-principle demonstration, this opens the door to a new generation of neutron interferometers and exciting applications. International Union of Crystallography 2022-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9348866/ /pubmed/35974723 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722006082 Text en © H. Lemmel et al. 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Papers Lemmel, H. Jentschel, M. Abele, H. Lafont, F. Guerard, B. Sasso, C. P. Mana, G. Massa, E. Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer |
title | Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer |
title_full | Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer |
title_fullStr | Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer |
title_full_unstemmed | Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer |
title_short | Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer |
title_sort | neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer |
topic | Research Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9348866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35974723 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722006082 |
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