Abstracts: The neutron multiwave interference mode is investigated using the spin echo technique. In this mode a neutron wave repeatedly splits in the magnetic field of resonance coils, which results in the appearance of additional maxima of a constructive interference being absent in the well-known classical and resonance neutron spin echo modes. Simple analytical expressions well describing the experimental data are presented. It is demonstrated that the multiwave part of a spin echo signal appears when the spin flip probability in radiofrequency coils of a resonance spin echo device is ρ < 1. The possibility to use the neutron multiwave spin echo mode for investigation of high-order correlation functions, spatial and time correlations of three and more particles, is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)619-625
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Surface Investigation
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2011

    Scopus subject areas

  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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