TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES 1998 - NISTIR 6268

The Neutron Interferometer. The neutron interferometer uses "mirrors" of single-crystal silicon to split and recombine a neutron beam. A sample placed in one of the possible neutron paths can shift the neutron phase and create an interference pattern in the recombined beam. A very large variety of experiments in fundamental neutron physics, quantum mechanics, materials science, and phase contrast imaging can be performed with the neutron interferometer. The neutron phase shift is sensitive to both electromagnetic and nuclear properties of the test samples.

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