Neutron Interferometric methods and quantum sensing

Technical Report · Mon Nov 28 04:00:00 EST 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1900467· OSTI ID:1900467

Wang, Zhehui ^[1]; Demarteau, Marcel ^[2]; Kamiya, Yoshio ^[3]; Liu, Chen-yu ^[4]; Makela, Mark F. ^[1]; Morris, Christopher ^[1]; Shih, Yanhua ^[5]; Young, Albert ^[6]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
3. University of Tokyo (Japan)
4. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
5. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD (United States)
6. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States)

Advances in material science and engineering make it possible to access artificial materials or ‘metamaterial’ properties and structures on the length scale comparable to the wavelength of ultracold neutrons ~ 100 nm. Strong neutron scattering effects such as Anderson localization, resonance scattering may be studied in the laboratory according to our recent theoretical studies. UCN interferometry and high-resolution spectroscopy (sub-pico-electronvolt resolution) in neutronic metamaterials are examples of new experimental possibilities that can probe quantum gravitational states of neutrons, and quantum sensing based on ultracold neutrons.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: 89233218CNA000001
• OSTI ID: 1900467
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-22-32369
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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