The first successful operation of a neutron interferometer with a separate beam recombining crystal is reported. This result was achieved at the neutron interferometry setup S18 at the ILL in Grenoble by a collaboration between TU Wien, ILL, Grenoble, and INRIM, Torino. While previous interferometers have been machined out of a single-crystal block, in this work two crystals were successfully aligned on nanoradian and picometre scales, as required to obtain neutron interference. As a decisive proof-of-principle demonstration, this opens the door to a new generation of neutron interferometers and exciting applications.

Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer / Lemmel, H.; Jentschel, M.; Abele, H.; Lafont, F.; Guerard, B.; Sasso, C. P.; Mana, G.; Massa, E.. - In: JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. - ISSN 1600-5767. - 55:4(2022). [10.1107/S1600576722006082]

Neutron interference from a split-crystal interferometer

C. P. Sasso;G. Mana;E. Massa
2022

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The first successful operation of a neutron interferometer with a separate beam recombining crystal is reported. This result was achieved at the neutron interferometry setup S18 at the ILL in Grenoble by a collaboration between TU Wien, ILL, Grenoble, and INRIM, Torino. While previous interferometers have been machined out of a single-crystal block, in this work two crystals were successfully aligned on nanoradian and picometre scales, as required to obtain neutron interference. As a decisive proof-of-principle demonstration, this opens the door to a new generation of neutron interferometers and exciting applications.
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