Three-port beam splitter for slow neutrons using holographic nanoparticle-polymer composite diffraction gratings
- Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, 1090 Wien (Austria)
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182 (Japan)
- Department of Materials Science and Physics, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg (Austria)
- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI (Switzerland)
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 slow neutrons - splitting the incident neutron intensity equally into the {+-}1st and the 0th diffraction orders - has been realized. As a possible application, a Zernike three-path interferometer is briefly discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 22080487
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 101; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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