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DURING measurements of the reflection of neutrons from metallic thin films, we have observed an optical interference phenomenon analogous to the interference of light reflected from plane parallel plates; the experimental arrangement is the neutron analogue of the Lummer–Gehrcke interferometer1.
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HAYTER, J., PENFOLD, J. & WILLIAMS, W. Observation of the interference of neutrons reflected from thin films. Nature 262, 569–570 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/262569a0
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