PHYS01200804001 Sohrab Abbas - Homi Bhabha National Institute
PHYS01200804001 Sohrab Abbas - Homi Bhabha National Institute
PHYS01200804001 Sohrab Abbas - Homi Bhabha National Institute
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Fig.44 1 st neutron diffraction pattern of a macroscopic grating (inset) of period d ~ 200 μm. The<br />
least-squares fit to the pattern (smooth curve) corresponds to a transverse coherence length of 175<br />
μm, the highest value reported to date for Å wavelength neutrons.<br />
scattering angle , partial neutron wave amplitudes diffracted from successive elements of the<br />
grating with concomitant phases add coherently to form a net complex amplitude<br />
(nd)<br />
2<br />
¥ - 2πnd<br />
2 i( sinθ)<br />
2σ λ<br />
.<br />
(75)<br />
A(θ) = e e<br />
n=-¥<br />
Here n is a running index for the illuminated elements of the grating and σ denotes the transverse<br />
coherence length for amplitudes of the incident neutron wave. The corresponding intensity is given<br />
by<br />
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