Recovery of reduced fringe visibility due to finite crossing angle between two paths of a neutron interferometer

2011 ◽  
Vol 406 (12) ◽  
pp. 2377-2380
Author(s):  
Kaoru Taketani ◽  
Masahiro Hino ◽  
Hirohiko M. Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Fringe Visibility ◽  
Neutron Interferometer

Simulation and analysis of the coherent-dispersion spectrometer for exoplanet detection

2021 ◽  
Vol 503 (2) ◽  
pp. 3032-3043
Author(s):  
Yinhua Wu ◽  
Shasha Chen ◽  
Pengchong Wang ◽  
Shun Zhou ◽  
Yutao Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Inversion Method ◽  
Fringe Visibility ◽  
Common Path ◽  
Data Processing Method ◽  
Detection Instrument ◽  
Performance Research

ABSTRACT The coherent-dispersion spectrometer (CODES) is a new exoplanet detection instrument using the radial velocity (RV) method. This attempts mainly to improve environmental sensitivity and energy utilization by using an asymmetric, common-path Sagnac interferometer instead of a traditional Michelson interferometer. In order to verify its feasibility and to choose the appropriate key parameters to obtain the optimal performance, research on data processing for the design stage of the CODES is performed by systematic simulation and analysis. First, the instrument modelling is carried out for further data analysis according to the principle of the CODES, and the reliability of the model is verified by experiments. Second, the influence of key parameters on fringe visibility is analysed systematically, which provides a certain reference for the choice of the key parameters. Third, the RV inversion method for the CODES is proposed and optimized according to the related analysis results so as to promote RV inversion precision. Finally, the recommended values for the key parameters of the CODES are given. The experimental results show that the data processing error of RV inversion is less than 0.6 m s–1 within the recommended range of key parameters. This indicates that the scheme of the CODES is reasonable and feasible, and that the proposed data processing method is effective and well matched with the instrument design.

scholarly journals Performance and optimization of X-ray grating interferometry

2014 ◽  
Vol 372 (2010) ◽  
pp. 20130027 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Thuering ◽  
M. Stampanoni
Keyword(s):  
Interference Fringe ◽  
Refraction Angle ◽  
Fringe Visibility ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Analytical Formulae ◽  
Grating Interferometer ◽  
Differential Phase Contrast ◽  
Energy Dependent ◽  
Application Specific ◽  
Contrast Image

The monochromatic and polychromatic performance of a grating interferometer is theoretically analysed. The smallest detectable refraction angle is used as a metric for the efficiency in acquiring a differential phase-contrast image. Analytical formulae for the visibility and the smallest detectable refraction angle are derived for Talbot-type and Talbot–Lau-type interferometers, respectively, providing a framework for the optimization of the geometry. The polychromatic performance of a grating interferometer is investigated analytically by calculating the energy-dependent interference fringe visibility, the spectral acceptance and the polychromatic interference fringe visibility. The optimization of grating interferometry is a crucial step for the design of application-specific systems with maximum performance.

Psychophysical interactions with a double-slit interference pattern: Exploratory evidence of a causal influence

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Dean Radin ◽  
Helané Wahbeh ◽  
Leena Michel ◽  
Arnaud Delorme
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Interference Pattern ◽  
Type I Error ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
The Other ◽  
Type I ◽  
Fringe Visibility ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Double Slit

An experiment we conducted from 2012 to 2013, which had not been previously reported, was designed to explore possible psychophysical effects resulting from the interaction of a human mind with a quantum system. Participants focused their attention toward or away from the slits in a double-slit optical system to see if the interference pattern would be affected. Data were collected from 25 people in individual half-hour sessions; each person repeated the test ten times for a total of 250 planned sessions. “Sham” sessions designed to mimic the experimental sessions without observers present were run immediately before and after as controls. Based on the planned analysis, no evidence for a psychophysical effect was found. Because this experiment differed in two essential ways from similar, previously reported double-slit experiments, two exploratory analyses were developed, one based on a simple spectral analysis of the interference pattern and the other based on fringe visibility. For the experimental data, the outcome supported a pattern of results predicted by a causal psychophysical effect, with the spectral metric resulting in a 3.4 sigma effect (p = 0.0003), and the fringe visibility metric resulting in 7 of 22 fringes tested above 2.3 sigma after adjustment for type I error inflation, with one of those fringes at 4.3 sigma above chance (p = 0.00001). The same analyses applied to the sham data showed uniformly null outcomes. Other analyses exploring the potential that these results were due to mundane artifacts, such as fluctuations in temperature or vibration, showed no evidence of such influences. Future studies using the same protocols and analytical methods will be required to determine if these exploratory results are idiosyncratic or reflect a genuine psychophysical influence.

A New Result with a Two Crystal Component Neutron Interferometer

1979 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 1024-1024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seishi Kikuta ◽  
Toshio Takahashi ◽  
Kan Nakayama ◽  
Yasuhiko Fujii ◽  
Sadao Hoshino
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Interferometer

scholarly journals QUANTUM INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN SPACETIME OF SLOWLY ROTATING COMPACT OBJECTS IN BRANEWORLD

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (04) ◽  
pp. 243-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. MAMADJANOV ◽  
A. A. HAKIMOV ◽  
S. R. TOJIEV
Keyword(s):  
Phase Shift ◽  
Quantum Interference ◽  
Relativistic Quantum ◽  
Additional Term ◽  
Compact Objects ◽  
Sagnac Effect ◽  
Interference Effects ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Neutron Interferometer ◽  
Shift Effect

The relativistic quantum interference effects in the spacetime of slowly rotating object in braneworld as the Sagnac effect and phase shift effect of interfering particle in neutron interferometer are derived in unified way. It is found that in the case of the Sagnac effect, the influence of brane parameter is becoming important due to the fact that the angular velocity of the locally non-rotating observer is increased by the brane tension. In the case of neutron interferometry, it is found that an additional term in the phase shift of interfering particle emerges due to the presence of the brane parameter Q*. From the obtained expressions of phase shift in Mach–Zehnder interferometer upper limit for brane parameter has been estimated. From the results of the recent experiments we have obtained upper limit for the tidal charge as Q* ≲ 107 cm 2. Finally, as an example, we apply the obtained results to the calculation of the (ultra-cold neutrons) energy level modification in the gravitational field of slowly rotating gravitating object in the braneworld.

Fringe Visibility Errors Resulting From DualObject Imaging For Stellar Interferometers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Snyder ◽  
Christopher Bailey ◽  
Walter Schmoll ◽  
Steven Zuraski ◽  
Elizabeth Beecher
Keyword(s):  
Fringe Visibility
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