Quantum Phase Shift Caused by Spatial Confinement
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1572-9516
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Physics
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Abstract This paper presents the results of optical interferometry experiments in which the phase of photons in one arm of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer is modified by applying a transverse constriction. An equivalent quantum interferometry experiment using neutron de Broglie waves is discussed in which the observed phase shift is in the spirit of the force-free phase shift of the Aharonov-Bohm effects. In the optical experiments the experimental results are in excellent agreement with predictions.
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Electronic Resource
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