Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/60723
Title: Young’s double-slit interference with single hard X-ray photons
Contributor(s): Gureyev, Timur  (author)orcid ; Hall, Chris J (author); Arhatari, Benedicta (author); Pelliccia, Daniele (author); Aminzadeh, Alaleh (author); Pavlov, Konstantin M  (author)orcid ; Quiney, Harry M (author)
Publication Date: 2024
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1364/OE.521892
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/60723
Abstract: 

Double-slit interference experiments using monochromatic hard X-rays with the energy of 25 keV are presented. The experiments were performed at a synchrotron source with a distance of 110 m between the interferometer and the detector to produce an interference pattern with a sufficiently broad period that could be adequately sampled by a photon-counting detector with 75 micrometre pixels. In the single-particle version of the experiment, over one million image frames with a single registered photon in each one were collected. The sum of these frames showed a clear presence of the interference pattern with the expected period. Subsequent analysis provided an objective estimation of the minimal number of detected photons required to determine, in accordance with the Rose criterion, the presence of the photon interference. Apart from a general theoretical interest, these investigations were aimed at exploring the possibility of medical X-ray phase-contrast imaging in photon-counting regime at minimal radiation doses.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Grant Details: NHMRC/APP2011204
Source of Publication: Optics Express, 32(11), p. 19294-19307
Publisher: Optica
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1094-4087
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 5110 Synchrotrons and accelerators
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Science and Technology

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