Observation of geometric and dynamical phases by neutron interferometry

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 4420-4439

  Allman, B E ^a   Kaiser, H ^a   Werner, S A ^a   Wagh, A G ^b   Rakhecha, V C ^b   Summhammer, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c TU WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEUTRONS; PHASE SHIFT; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DYNAMICAL PHASE; GEOMETRICAL PHASE; NEUTRON INTERFEROMETRY; PAULI ANTICOMMUTATION; SPIN FLIPPER;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0031344589     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.4420     Document Type: Article

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