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3D model of split-crystal x-ray and neutron interferometers with coherent and incoherent sources

What is it about?

The manuscript is about a three-dimensional dynamical-theory model of crystal x-ray and neutron interferometers, considering both coherent and partially coherent sources. The mathematical framework is general and can be applied to different crystal optics operating with either x-ray or neutrons.

Why is it important?

The article is important because of the first successful operation of a neutron interferometer with a separate beam-recombining crystal. Our findings support the way to interferometers with vast arm separation and length – more sensitive and more flexible than their monolithic predecessors – that could lead to advanced measurements of quantum effects and testbeds for measuring distances and angles with extremely high resolution.

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