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Phys. Rev. A 73, 032110 (2006) [6 pages]

Neutron wave-packet tomography

G. Badurek,1 P. Facchi,3,6 Y. Hasegawa,1 Z. Hradil,4 S. Pascazio,2,3 H. Rauch,1 J. Rehácek,4 and T. Yoneda2,5
1Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten, Stadionallee 2, A-1020 Wien, Austria
2Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
3Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy
4Department of Optics, Palacký University, 17. listopadu 50, 772 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
5School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University, 862-0976 Kumamoto, Japan
6Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Bari, I-70126 Bari, Italy

Received 22 November 2005; published 24 March 2006

A tomographic technique is introduced in order to determine the quantum state of the center-of-mass motion of neutrons. Different reconstruction methods are compared and discussed. An experiment is proposed and numerically analyzed.

©2006 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.032110
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.032110
PACS: 03.65.Wj; 03.65.Ta; 03.75.Dg; 03.75.Be
  • 03.65.Wj
    State reconstruction, quantum tomography
  • 03.65.Ta
    Foundations of quantum mechanics; measurement theory
  • 03.75.Dg
    Atom and neutron interferometry
  • 03.75.Be
    Atom and neutron optics
  • YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS: quantum theory, particle interferometry

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