Abstract

We use a Mach-Zehnder interferometer to perform neutron holography of a spiral phase plate. The object beam passes through a spiral phase plate, acquiring the phase twist characteristic of orbital angular momentum states. The reference beam passes through a fused silica prism, acquiring a linear phase gradient. The resulting hologram is a fork dislocation image, which could be used to reconstruct neutron beams with various orbital angular momenta. This work paves the way for novel applications of neutron holography, diffraction and imaging. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2016
Volume
24
Number of Pages
22528-22535
DOI
10.1364/oe.24.022528
Journal
Optics Express
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