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The observation of neutron interference by using a crystal interferometer having a separate analyser opens the way to the construction and operation of interferometers with vast arm separation and length. Setting the design specifications…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-19 Carlo Paolo Sasso , Giovanni Mana , Enrico Massa

We report on the formation of moir{\'e} patterns when observing the diffraction of surface plasmons by periodic gratings of finite extent with an imaging spectrometer that maps the light emission as a function of the wavelength and the…

We have studied the optical properties of gratings micro-fabricated into semiconductor wafers, which can be used for simplifying cold-atom experiments. The study entailed characterisation of diffraction efficiency as a function of coating,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-06-14 James P. McGilligan , Paul F. Griffin , Erling Riis , Aidan S. Arnold

Diffraction of slow neutrons by nanoparticle-polymer composite gratings has been observed. By carefully choosing grating parameters such as grating thickness and spacing, a three-port beam splitter operation for cold neutrons - splitting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 J. Klepp , Y. Tomita , C. Pruner , J. Kohlbrecher , M. Fally

Efficient imaging of biomolecules, 2D materials and electromagnetic fields depends on retrieval of the phase of transmitted electrons. We demonstrate a method to measure phase in a scanning transmission electron microscope using a…

An imaging interferometer was created in a two-dimensional electron gas by reflecting electron waves emitted from a quantum point contact (QPC) with a circular mirror. Images of electron flow obtained with a scanning probe microscope at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. J. LeRoy , A. C. Bleszynski , K. E. Aidala , R. M. Westervelt , A. Kalben , E. J. Heller , S. E. J. Shaw , K. D. Maranowski , A. C. Gossard

We describe the fundamental features of an interferometer for guided matter waves based on Y-beam splitters and show that, in a quasi two-dimensional regime, such a device exhibits high contrast fringes even in a multi mode regime and fed…

Currently operating gravitational-wave interferometers are Michelson interferometers with effective arm length L ~ 4x10e5 m. While the interferometer remains in lock, data at the fsr sideband frequency encode information on slow phase…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-12 Adrian Melissinos

X-ray grating interferometry is an excellent technique for X-ray phase contrast imaging and X-ray wavefront sensing with applications in materials science, biology and medical diagnosis. Among other requirements, the method depends on the…

Recently, X-ray interferometers with more than one phase grating have been developed for differential phase contrast (DPC) imaging. In this study, a novel framework is developed to predict such interferometers' angular sensitivity responses…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-25 Jianwei Chen , Jiecheng Yang , Peiping Zhu , Ting Su , Huitao Zhang , Hairong Zheng , Dong Liang , Yongshuai Ge

Using spontaneous parametric down conversion and a 50:50 beam splitter, we generate coaxial polarization-entangled photon pairs, of which the two photons are far separated from each other. The photons are then sent one by one through one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-05-06 Xian-Min Jin , Cheng-Zhi Peng , Tao Yang , Youjin Deng

Multiple Mach-Zehnder interferometers are constructed using fiber-Bragg grating couplers, y-branches, silicon waveguides, and/or broadband splitters in silicon on insulator strip waveguides to test the effect of variation in waveguide…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-03 Cael Warner

We experimentally demonstrate the phase relations of 3-port gratings by investigating 3-port coupled Fabry-Perot cavities. Two different gratings which have the same 1st order diffraction efficiency but differ substantially in their 2nd…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Bunkowski , O. Burmeister , K. Danzmann , R. Schnabel

Construction of silicon neutron interferometers requires a perfect crystal silicon ingot (5 cm to 30 cm long) be machined such that Bragg diffracting "blades" protrude from a common base. Leaving the interferometer blades connected to the…

Neutrons have emerged as a unique probe at the forefront of modern material science, unrivaled in their penetrating abilities. A major challenge stems from the fact that neutron optical devices are limited to refractive indices on the order…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-12-28 C. Kapahi , D. Sarenac , M. Bleuel , D. G. Cory , B. Heacock , M. Henderson , M. G. Huber , I. Taminiau , D. A. Pushin

We observe interference in the light scattered from trapped $^{40}$Ca$^+$ ion crystals. By varying the intensity of the excitation laser, we study the influence of elastic and inelastic scattering on the visibility of the fringe pattern and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-11 Sebastian Wolf , Julian Wechs , Joachim von Zanthier , Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler

We study the interference of C70 fullerenes in a Talbot-Lau interferometer with a large separation between the diffraction gratings. This permits the observation of recurrences of the interference contrast both as a function of the de…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lucia Hackermueller , Klaus Hornberger , Bjoern Brezger , Anton Zeilinger , Markus Arndt

Nuclear fragments emitted at 3.5 degrees in 12C fragmentation at 0.6 GeV/nucleon have been measured. The spectra obtained are used for testing the predictions of four ion-ion interaction models: INCL++, BC, LAQGSM03.03 and QMD as well as…

We demonstrate an atom interferometer that uses a laser-cooled continuous beam of $^{87}$Rb atoms having velocities of 10--20 m/s. With spatially separated Raman beams to coherently manipulate the atomic wave packets, Mach--Zehnder…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 H. B. Xue , Y. Y. Feng , S. Chen , X. J. Wang , X. S. Yan , Z. K. Jiang , Z. Y. Zhou

Measuring an electric field waveform beyond radio frequencies is often accomplished via a second-order nonlinear interaction with a laser pulse shorter than half of the field's oscillation period. However, synthesizing such a gate pulse is…