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20182025
most citedGeneration and detection of spin-orbit coupled neutron beams

49 citations · 134 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

physics.ins-det2025

Design and Monte Carlo Simulation of a Phase Grating Moiré Neutron Interferometer to Measure the Gravitational Constant

C. Kapahi, D. Sarenac, B. Heacock +5

The gravitational constant (G) is the least precisely known fundamental constant of nature, with persistent and significant discrepancies between measurement methods. New technique…

q-bio.NC2024

Eye dominance and testing order effects in the circularly-oriented macular pigment optical density measurements that rely on the perception of structured light-based stimuli

Mukhit Kulmaganbetov, Taranjit Singh, Dmitry Pushin +10

Psychophysical discrimination of structured light (SL) stimuli may be useful in screening for various macular disorders, including degenerative macular diseases. The circularly-ori…

physics.med-ph2024★ 1 cited

Characterizing the circularly-oriented macular pigment using spatiotemporal sensitivity to structured light entoptic phenomena

Dmitry A. Pushin, Davis V. Garrad, Connor Kapahi +9

The macular pigment (MP) in the radially-oriented Henle fibers that surround the foveola enables the ability to perceive the orientation of polarized blue light through an entoptic…

physics.app-ph2023

Phase and contrast moiré signatures in two-dimensional cone beam interferometry

D. Sarenac, G. Gorbet, Charles W. Clark +13

Neutron interferometry has played a distinctive role in fundamental science and characterization of materials. Moiré neutron interferometers are candidate next-generation instrumen…

physics.app-ph2023

Cone beam neutron interferometry: from modeling to applications

D. Sarenac, G. Gorbet, C. Kapahi +12

Phase-grating moire interferometers (PGMIs) have emerged as promising candidates for the next generation of neutron interferometry, enabling the use of a polychromatic beam and man…

physics.med-ph2023★ 1 cited

Psychophysical discrimination of radially varying polarization entoptic phenomena

D. A. Pushin, C. Kapahi, A. E. Silva +6

The incorporation of structured light techniques into vision science has enabled more selective probes of polarization related entoptic phenomena. Diverse sets of stimuli have beco…

physics.med-ph2023★ 1 cited

Measuring the visual angle of polarization-related entoptic phenomena using structured light

Connor Kapahi, Andrew E. Silva, David G. Cory +6

The ability to perceive polarization-related entoptic phenomena arises from the dichroism of macular pigments held in Henle's fiber layer of the retina and can be inhibited by reti…

physics.app-ph2022★ 1 cited

Experimental Realization of Neutron Helical Waves

D. Sarenac, M. E. Henderson, H. Ekinci +6

Methods of preparation and analysis of structured waves of light, electrons, and atoms have been advancing rapidly. Despite the proven power of neutrons for material characterizati…

physics.app-ph2021

Next-generation high transmission neutron optical devices utilizing micro-machined structures

C. Kapahi, D. Sarenac, M. Bleuel +6

Neutrons have emerged as a unique probe at the forefront of modern material science, unrivaled in their penetrating abilities. A major challenge stems from the fact that neutron op…

quant-ph2021★ 21 cited

Remote state preparation of single photon orbital angular momentum lattices

Andrew R. Cameron, Sandra W. L. Cheng, Sacha Schwarz +7

Optical beams with periodic lattice structures have broadened the study of structured waves. In the present work, we generate spin-orbit entangled photon states with a lattice stru…

physics.optics2020

Human psychophysical discrimination of spatially dependant Pancharatnam-Berry phases in optical spin-orbit states

Dusan Sarenac, Andrew E. Silva, Connor Kapahi +3

We tested the ability of human observers to discriminate distinct profiles of spatially dependant geometric phases when directly viewing stationary structured light beams. Particip…

physics.optics2019★ 24 cited

Direct discrimination of structured light by humans

D. Sarenac, C. Kapahi, A. E. Silva +3

We predict and experimentally verify an entoptic phenomenon through which humans are able to perceive and discriminate structured light with space-varying polarization. Direct perc…

quant-ph2019★ 28 cited

Talbot Effect of orbital angular momentum lattices with single photons

Sacha Schwarz, Connor Kapahi, Ruoxuan Xu +8

The self-imaging, or Talbot Effect, that occurs with the propagation of periodically structured waves has enabled several unique applications in optical metrology, image processing…

quant-ph2019★ 49 cited

Generation and detection of spin-orbit coupled neutron beams

D. Sarenac, C. Kapahi, W. C. Chen +6

Spin-orbit coupling of light has come to the fore in nano-optics and plasmonics, and is a key ingredient of topological photonics and chiral quantum optics. We demonstrate a basic…

physics.ins-det2018★ 8 cited

Optimization of neutron diffraction from phase-gratings

B. Heacock, D. Sarenac, D. G. Cory +6

The recent development of phase-grating moiré neutron interferometry promises a wide range of impactful experiments from dark-field imaging of material microstructure to precise me…