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Unveiling Three-Dimensional Skyrmion Transitions Through Vortices and Monopoles
Melissa E. Henderson, Daichi Kurebayashi, Benjamin Heacock +9
Magnetic skyrmions represent vortex-like spin configurations that provide a robust platform for next-generation spintronic technologies. Although they are often treated as two-dime…
Pendellösung length-scale neutron and X-ray interferometry
Owen Lailey, Alexandre Boutot, David G. Cory +12
Neutron and X-ray perfect-crystal interferometers (PCIs) are powerful platforms for studies of fundamental physics and phase-contrast imaging. Further enhancing several PCI capabil…
The Electrodynamic Basis of Dichroism-Mediated Polarization Perception
Gary P. Misson, Dusan Sarenac, Dmitry. A. Pushin +1
Humans see the polarization of light through entoptic percepts arising from the macula's Henle fiber layer, where xanthophyll pigments absorb preferentially across the radiating fi…
A unified dielectric-tensor model of macular form birefringence and dichroism
Gary P. Misson, Dusan Sarenac, Dmitry. A. Pushin +1
Optical anisotropy of the Henle fiber layer (HFL) underlies two macular polarization phenomena, form birefringence (the macular cross) and dichroism (Haidinger's brushes), which ha…
Probing Single-Particle Spatial Extent With Helical Neutron Wavefronts
D. Sarenac, O. Lailey, C. W. Clark +8
Distinguishing transverse coherence length from single-particle wavepacket extent is fundamentally challenging, as both manifest through spatial broadening of observed intensity pr…
Introduction to Quantum Ophthalmology
Mukhit Kulmaganbetov, Dmitry Pushin, Taranjit Singh +6
Quantum technologies are rapidly advancing across multiple research domains, with a growing impact on biomedical imaging and sensing. We examine their emerging role in ophthalmolog…
One knob to tune them all: Phase-controlled photon statistics and linewidth in partially pumped atomic ensembles
Oksana Chelpanova, Martino Stefanini, Dusan Sarenac +2
We study a minimal model of collective light emission from an incoherently driven ensemble of atoms where incoherent drive is applied to only a subset of the atoms and show that bo…
Environmental Stabilization of Perfect-Crystal Neutron Interferometry Using a Large Vacuum Chamber with Cryogenic Sample Access
Robert Valdillez, David G. Cory, Robert W. Haun +9
Perfect-crystal neutron interferometry has been a useful tool in measuring nuclear-interactions, probing fundamental physics, and exploring quantum phenomenon. Historically, neutro…
A unified quantum random walk model for internal crystal effects in dynamical diffraction
Owen Lailey, Dusan Sarenac, David G. Cory +2
The theory of dynamical diffraction (DD) in perfect crystals is the backbone of high-precision neutron and X-ray diffraction experiments, enabling accurate determination of crystal…
A perfect crystal neutron loop cavity
Owen Lailey, Dusan Sarenac, David G. Cory +2
Coherent control of neutrons via Bragg diffraction forms the foundation of perfect crystal neutron interferometry, facilitating both fundamental tests of quantum mechanics and appl…
Experimental Limit on Neutron Orbital Angular Momentum Detection Using Polarized 3He
D. Sarenac, O. Lailey, D. V. Garrad +11
A recent proposal suggested that neutron orbital angular momentum (OAM) states could be detected via spin-polarized absorption in polarized 3He, with predicted cross-section variat…
A generalized K-space coherent averaging method for engineering lattices of spin-orbit beams
Pinki Chahal, Naume Shentevski, Priyanka Vadnere +4
Spin-orbit beams, in which the orbital angular momentum degree of freedom is coupled to a two-level system such as polarization of light or spin in electrons and neutrons, have gai…
Test-retest Reliability of Psychophysical Tasks Using Structured Light-Induced Entoptic Phenomena
Taranjit Singh, Mukhit Kulmaganbetov, Zhangting Wang +8
Structured light (SL)-induced polarization perception presents a promising method for the early detection of macular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. We investiga…
Multimode structured neutron beams
Owen Lailey, Dusan Sarenac, Charles W. Clark +9
The experimental realization of neutron orbital angular momentum (OAM) states and neutron Airy beams has opened new avenues for structured neutron science in both materials charact…
Topological Expansion of Boehm's Brushes via Structured Light
Dmitry A. Pushin, Iman Salehi, Amy Chow +10
We report a novel entoptic phenomenon in which the classical two-lobed Boehm's brushes are transformed into a multi-lobed structure by projecting spin-orbit coupled light onto the…
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…
Quantitative diagnosis of amyloid without Congo red staining using polarized light microscopy
Owen Lailey, Maria Agustina Alais, Liuhe Wang +7
Amyloidosis is a protein misfolding disease caused by the deposition of large, insoluble aggregates (amyloid fibrils) of protein in a tissue, which has been associated with various…
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…
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…
Generation of neutron Airy beams
Dusan Sarenac, Owen Lailey, Melissa E. Henderson +8
The Airy wave packet is a solution to the potential-free Schrodinger equation that exhibits remarkable properties such as self-acceleration, non-diffraction, and self-healing. Alth…
Quantum Advancements in Neutron Scattering Reshape Spintronic Devices
M. E. Henderson, D. G. Cory, D. Sarenac +1
Topological magnetism has sparked an unprecedented age in quantum technologies. Marked by twisted spin structures with exotic dynamical modes, topological magnets have motivated a…
Small-angle scattering interferometry with neutron orbital angular momentum states
Dusan Sarenac, Melissa E. Henderson, Huseyin Ekinci +8
Access to the neutron orbital degree of freedom has been enabled by the recent actualization of methods to prepare and characterize neutron helical waves carrying orbital angular m…
Achieving a Near-Ideal Silicon Crystal Neutron Interferometer using Sub-Micron Fabrication Techniques
M. G. Huber, I. Taminiau, D. G. Cory +4
Perfect-crystal neutron interferometry which is analogous to Mach-Zehnder interferometry, uses Bragg diffraction to form interfering neutron paths. The measured phase shifts can be…
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…