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Interferometer using neutron diffraction to make precise measurements
In physics, a neutron interferometer is an interferometer capable of diffracting neutrons, allowing the wave-like nature of neutrons, and other related phenomena, to be explored. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Neutron interferometerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Gravitational-Wave Detector for Postmerger Neutron Stars: Beyond the Quantum Loss Limit of the Fabry-Perot-Michelson InterferometerInfluential work since 2022
- Read the landmark paper: Test of a single crystal neutron interferometerCited 412 times
- Go sideways: Wave interferenceA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Atom interferometerA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun a device capable of diffracting neutrons and studying their wavelike characteristics
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Test of a single crystal neutron interferometer
Simultaneous wave and particle knowledge in a neutron interferometer
Neutron Phase Shift in a Rotating Two-Crystal Interferometer
Phase shift in a rotating neutron or optical interferometer
The prototype neutron interferometer at the Grenoble high flux reactor
Test of a diffraction grating neutron interferometer
Test measurements with a perfect crystal neutron interferometer
Off-Diagonal Geometric Phase in a Neutron Interferometer Experiment
🆕 Influential since 2022
Gravitational-Wave Detector for Postmerger Neutron Stars: Beyond the Quantum Loss Limit of the Fabry-Perot-Michelson Interferometer
Quantifying the presence of a neutron in the paths of an interferometer
Development of Neutron Interferometer Using Multilayer Mirrors and Measurements of Neutron-Nuclear Scattering Length with Pulsed Neutron Source
Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer
Neutron Interferometer Experiments Studying Fundamental Features of Quantum Mechanics
📚 Books worth reading
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