Spin-orbit states of neutron wave packets
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Date
2016-07-13
Authors
Nsofini, Joachim
Sarenac, Dusan
Wood, Christopher J.
Cory, David G.
Arif, Muhammad
Clark, Charles W.
Huber, Michael G.
Pushin, Dimitry A.
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American Physical Society
Abstract
We propose amethod to prepare an entangled spin-orbit state between the spin and the orbital angular momenta of a neutron wave packet. This spin-orbit state is created by passing neutrons through the center of a quadrupole magnetic field, which provides a coupling between the spin and orbital degrees of freedom. A Ramsey-fringe-type measurement is suggested as a means of verifying the spin-orbit correlations.
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© 2016 American Physical Society, https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.94.013605
Keywords
angular-momentum, entanglement, photon