Spin-Orbit States of Neutron Wavepackets
Quantum Physics
2016-10-19 v2 Nuclear Experiment
Optics
Abstract
We propose a method to prepare an entangled spin-orbit state between the spin and the orbital angular momenta of a neutron wavepacket. This spin-orbit state is created by passing neutrons through the center of a quadrupole magnetic field, which provides a coupling between the spin and orbital degrees of freedom. A Ramsey fringe type measurement is suggested as a means of verifying the spin-orbit correlations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1602.06644,
title = {Spin-Orbit States of Neutron Wavepackets},
author = {Joachim Nsofini and Dusan Sarenac and Christopher J. Wood and David G. Cory and Muhammad Arif and Charles W. Clark and Michael G. Huber and Dmitry A. Pushin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.06644},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
6 pages, 5 figures