To demonstrate that adiabatic RF flippers impose an inherent geometric phase on the neutron polarization vector, we built a NSE setup consisting of two pairs of such flippers in a pulsed neutron beam. As is well known, the combined gradient and RF fields in each flipper - in the rotating frame - behave as a rotating field. The amplitude of this field in the first three flippers was kept maximum. For various amplitudes of the rotating field in the remaining flipper we measured the NSE pattern. Besides the shift of the NSE-point due to the variation of the dynamic phase, the NSE patterns show the development of the geometric phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2381-2384
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume406
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2011

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

    Research areas

  • Adiabatic RF flipper, Geometric phase, Polarised neutron beam, Precession

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