Quantum interference of superfluid 3He

R. W. Simmonds, A. Marchenkov, E. Hoskinson, J. C. Davis and R. E. Packard ()
Additional contact information
R. W. Simmonds: University of California
A. Marchenkov: University of California
E. Hoskinson: University of California
J. C. Davis: University of California
R. E. Packard: University of California

Nature, 2001, vol. 412, issue 6842, 55-58

Abstract: Abstract Celebrated interference experiments have demonstrated the wave nature of light1 and electrons2, quantum interference being the manifestation of wave–particle duality. More recently, double-path interference experiments have also demonstrated the quantum-wave nature of beams of neutrons3, atoms4 and Bose–Einstein condensates5. In condensed matter systems, double-path quantum interference is observed in the d.c. superconducting quantum interference device6 (d.c. SQUID). Here we report a double-path quantum interference experiment involving a liquid: superfluid 3He. Using a geometry analogous to the superconducting d.c. SQUID, we control a quantum phase shift by using the rotation of the Earth, and find the classic interference pattern with periodicity determined by the 3He quantum of circulation.

Date: 2001
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.nature.com/articles/35083518 Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nat:nature:v:412:y:2001:i:6842:d:10.1038_35083518

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.nature.com/

DOI: 10.1038/35083518

Access Statistics for this article

Nature is currently edited by Magdalena Skipper

More articles in Nature from Nature
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().