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Spin-Orbit States of Neutron Wavepackets (1602.06644v2)
Published 22 Feb 2016 in quant-ph, nucl-ex, and physics.optics
Abstract: We propose a method to prepare an entangled spin-orbit state between the spin and the orbital angular momenta of a neutron wavepacket. This spin-orbit state is created by passing neutrons through the center of a quadrupole magnetic field, which provides a coupling between the spin and orbital degrees of freedom. A Ramsey fringe type measurement is suggested as a means of verifying the spin-orbit correlations.