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Single- and double-slit diffraction of neutrons

1988; American Physical Society; Volume: 60; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/revmodphys.60.1067

1539-0756

Anton Zeilinger, R. Gähler, C. G. Shull, W. Treimer, W. Mampe,

Nuclear Physics and Applications

The authors report detailed experiments and comparison with first-principle theoretical calculation of the diffraction of cold neutrons ($\ensuremath{\lambda}\ensuremath{\approx}2$ nm) at single- and double-slit assemblies of dimensions in the 20-100 \ensuremath{\mu}m range. Their experimental results show all predicted features of the diffraction patterns in great detail. Particularly, their double-slit diffraction experiment is its most precise realization hitherto for matter waves.