Neutron wave interference in experiments with two resonance spin flippers

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Neutron wave interference in experiments with two resonance spin flippers. / Grigoriev, S. V.; Kraan, W. H.; Mulder, F. M.; Rekveldt, M. Th.

In: Physica B: Condensed Matter, Vol. 283, No. 4, 2000, p. 393-396.

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Grigoriev, S. V. ; Kraan, W. H. ; Mulder, F. M. ; Rekveldt, M. Th. / Neutron wave interference in experiments with two resonance spin flippers. In: Physica B: Condensed Matter. 2000 ; Vol. 283, No. 4. pp. 393-396.

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title = "Neutron wave interference in experiments with two resonance spin flippers",

abstract = "Neutron resonance spin echo (NRSE) phenomena are investigated. In our experiments spin precession produced in a classical manner and by neutron resonance (NR) flippers are combined as two arms of a spin-echo machine. A magnetic field scan in the classical precession coil reveals a spin echo signal of the precession produced by the NR arm. The neutron spin-flip probability ρ in the NR coils turns out to be a key parameter of the NR arm. The limiting cases ρ = 0 and ρ = 1 lead, respectively, to Larmor precession with phase φ1 in the static magnetic fields of the NR flippers or to {"}zero field{"} precession with phase φ2. The case 0 < ρ < 1 produces quantum interference patterns with phases φ3 = (φ1 + φ2)/2 and φ4 = ±(φ1 - φ2)/2. The amplitude of each pattern depends on ρ, and on the initial polarization.",

keywords = "Interference of neutron waves",

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note = "Funding Information: This work is part of the research programme of the “Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)”, which is financially supported by the “Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)”. This work was partly supported by the INTAS Foundation (grant INTAS-97-11329). One of the authors (S.V.G.) thanks RFFR (Project L-EN-96-15-96775) and the Russian State Programme “Neutron Research of the Condensed State”. The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the NOP{\textquoteright}99 Organizing Committee for allocation of the grant.; European Workshop on Neutron Optics for the Next Millennium (NOP '99) ; Conference date: 25-11-1999 Through 27-11-1999",

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