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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…