Gouy phase and visibility in the double-slit experiment

We study a matter wave double-slit experiment with unequal aperture widths in order to evaluate the effect of the Gouy phase on the visibility/predictability. While the predictability changes as one increases the width of one of the slits, the visibility receives a contribution from the Gouy phase a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of physics 2015-11, Vol.362 (Complete), p.473-481
Hauptverfasser: Ferreira, C.J.S., Marinho, L.S., Brazil, T.B., Cabral, L.A., de Oliveira Jr, J.G.G., Sampaio, M.D.R., da Paz, I.G.
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Zusammenfassung:We study a matter wave double-slit experiment with unequal aperture widths in order to evaluate the effect of the Gouy phase on the visibility/predictability. While the predictability changes as one increases the width of one of the slits, the visibility receives a contribution from the Gouy phase at a specific point in the detection screen. Consequently such apparatus constitutes a simple device for measuring the Gouy phase of matter waves. We illustrate it numerically for neutrons.
ISSN:0003-4916
1096-035X
DOI:10.1016/j.aop.2015.08.012