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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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Autores principales: Lemmel, H., Jentschel, M., Abele, H., Lafont, F., Guerard, B., Sasso, C. P., Mana, G., Massa, E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Union of Crystallography 2022
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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.
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Jentschel, M.
Abele, H.
Lafont, F.
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Sasso, C. P.
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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.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9348866/
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