Neutron Interferometry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Neutron interferometry has proved to be a very precise technique for measuring the quantum mechanical phase of a neutron caused by a potential energy difference between two spatially separated neutron paths inside interferometer. The path length inside the interferometer can be many centimeters (and...
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| author | D. A. Pushin M. G. Huber M. Arif C. B. Shahi J. Nsofini C. J. Wood D. Sarenac D. G. Cory |
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| description | Neutron interferometry has proved to be a very precise technique for measuring the quantum mechanical phase of a neutron caused by a potential energy difference between two spatially separated neutron paths inside interferometer. The path length inside the interferometer can be many centimeters (and many centimeters apart) making it very practical to study a variety of samples, fields, potentials, and other macroscopic medium and quantum effects. The precision of neutron interferometry comes at a cost; neutron interferometers are very susceptible to environmental noise that is typically mitigated with large, active isolated enclosures. With recent advances in quantum information processing especially quantum error correction (QEC) codes we were able to demonstrate a neutron interferometer that is insensitive to vibrational noise. A facility at NIST’s Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) has just been commissioned with higher neutron flux than the NCNR’s older interferometer setup. This new facility is based on QEC neutron interferometer, thus improving the accessibility of neutron interferometry to the greater scientific community and expanding its applications to quantum computing, gravity, and material research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-85d0702b656d46da892c0e4c57d17d272025-02-03T01:12:34ZengWileyAdvances in High Energy Physics1687-73571687-73652015-01-01201510.1155/2015/687480687480Neutron Interferometry at the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyD. A. Pushin0M. G. Huber1M. Arif2C. B. Shahi3J. Nsofini4C. J. Wood5D. Sarenac6D. G. Cory7Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, CanadaNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USANational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USAPhysics and Engineering Physics Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USAInstitute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, CanadaInstitute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, CanadaInstitute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, CanadaInstitute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, CanadaNeutron interferometry has proved to be a very precise technique for measuring the quantum mechanical phase of a neutron caused by a potential energy difference between two spatially separated neutron paths inside interferometer. The path length inside the interferometer can be many centimeters (and many centimeters apart) making it very practical to study a variety of samples, fields, potentials, and other macroscopic medium and quantum effects. The precision of neutron interferometry comes at a cost; neutron interferometers are very susceptible to environmental noise that is typically mitigated with large, active isolated enclosures. With recent advances in quantum information processing especially quantum error correction (QEC) codes we were able to demonstrate a neutron interferometer that is insensitive to vibrational noise. A facility at NIST’s Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) has just been commissioned with higher neutron flux than the NCNR’s older interferometer setup. This new facility is based on QEC neutron interferometer, thus improving the accessibility of neutron interferometry to the greater scientific community and expanding its applications to quantum computing, gravity, and material research.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/687480 |
| spellingShingle | D. A. Pushin M. G. Huber M. Arif C. B. Shahi J. Nsofini C. J. Wood D. Sarenac D. G. Cory Neutron Interferometry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Advances in High Energy Physics |
| title | Neutron Interferometry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| title_full | Neutron Interferometry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| title_fullStr | Neutron Interferometry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neutron Interferometry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| title_short | Neutron Interferometry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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