Three Phase-Grating Moiré Neutron Interferometer for Large Interferometer Area Applications

Sarenac, D.; Pushin, D. A.; Huber, M. G.; Hussey, D. S.; Miao, H.; Arif, M.; Cory, D. G.; Cronin, A. D.; Heacock, B.; Jacobson, D. L.; LaManna, J. M.; Wen, H.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.113201

Title: Three Phase-Grating Moiré Neutron Interferometer for Large Interferometer Area Applications

Abstract

We demonstrate a three phase-grating moiré neutron interferometer in a highly intense neutron beam as a robust candidate for large area interferometry applications and for the characterization of materials. This novel far-field moiré technique allows for broad wavelength acceptance and relaxed requirements related to fabrication and alignment, thus circumventing the main obstacles associated with perfect crystal neutron interferometry. We observed interference fringes with an interferometer length of 4 m and examined the effects of an aluminum 6061 alloy sample on the coherence of the system. Experiments to measure the autocorrelation length of samples and the universal gravitational constant are proposed and discussed.

Authors:: Sarenac, D.; Pushin, D. A.; Huber, M. G.; Hussey, D. S.; Miao, H.; Arif, M.; Cory, D. G.; Cronin, A. D.; Heacock, B.; Jacobson, D. L.; LaManna, J. M.; Wen, H.

Publication Date:: Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Canadian Excellence Research Chairs (CERC); Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1425521

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1904055

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 120 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; atom interferometry; atom optics; interferometry

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                    Sarenac, D., Pushin, D. A., Huber, M. G., Hussey, D. S., Miao, H., Arif, M., Cory, D. G., Cronin, A. D., Heacock, B., Jacobson, D. L., LaManna, J. M., and Wen, H. Three Phase-Grating Moiré Neutron Interferometer for Large Interferometer Area Applications.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Sarenac, D., Pushin, D. A., Huber, M. G., Hussey, D. S., Miao, H., Arif, M., Cory, D. G., Cronin, A. D., Heacock, B., Jacobson, D. L., LaManna, J. M., & Wen, H. Three Phase-Grating Moiré Neutron Interferometer for Large Interferometer Area Applications.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.113201

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                    Sarenac, D., Pushin, D. A., Huber, M. G., Hussey, D. S., Miao, H., Arif, M., Cory, D. G., Cronin, A. D., Heacock, B., Jacobson, D. L., LaManna, J. M., and Wen, H. Mon .  
"Three Phase-Grating Moiré Neutron Interferometer for Large Interferometer Area Applications".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.113201.

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@article{osti_1425521,

  title        = {Three Phase-Grating Moiré Neutron Interferometer for Large Interferometer Area Applications},

  author       = {Sarenac, D. and Pushin, D. A. and Huber, M. G. and Hussey, D. S. and Miao, H. and Arif, M. and Cory, D. G. and Cronin, A. D. and Heacock, B. and Jacobson, D. L. and LaManna, J. M. and Wen, H.},

  abstractNote = {We demonstrate a three phase-grating moiré neutron interferometer in a highly intense neutron beam as a robust candidate for large area interferometry applications and for the characterization of materials. This novel far-field moiré technique allows for broad wavelength acceptance and relaxed requirements related to fabrication and alignment, thus circumventing the main obstacles associated with perfect crystal neutron interferometry. We observed interference fringes with an interferometer length of 4 m and examined the effects of an aluminum 6061 alloy sample on the coherence of the system. Experiments to measure the autocorrelation length of samples and the universal gravitational constant are proposed and discussed.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.113201},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 11,

  volume       = 120,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018},

  month        = {Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2018}

}

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