Dark-fringe interferometer with dynamic phase control for Mössbauer science

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24658v1
• Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:05:24 GMT
• Title: Dark-fringe interferometer with dynamic phase control for Mössbauer science
• Authors: Miriam Gerharz, Dominik Lentrodt, Lars Bocklage, Kai Schulze, Christian Ott, René Steinbrügge, Olaf Leupold, Ilya Sergeev, Gerhard G. Paulus, Christoph H. Keitel, Ralf Röhlsberger, Thomas Pfeifer, Jörg Evers,
• Abstract summary: M"ossbauer interferometry remains challenging due to stability requirements imposed by the short x-ray wavelength.<n>Here, we put forward a dark fringe'' interferometer with vanishing transmission in the empty state, thereby facilitating sensitive measurements.<n>We experimentally demonstrate the tuning capabilities of this interferometer by controlling the transmitted x-ray intensity on nanosecond time scales.
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• Abstract: Interference is a powerful tool for measuring and control. In M\"ossbauer science, interference effects are essential to most applications, due to the coherent scattering nature. However, M\"ossbauer interferometry remains challenging, due to stability requirements imposed by the short x-ray wavelength. Here, we put forward a ``dark fringe'' interferometer with vanishing transmission in the empty state, thereby facilitating sensitive measurements. The relative interferometer phase can dynamically be tuned by displacing a M\"ossbauer target. We experimentally demonstrate the tuning capabilities of this interferometer by controlling the transmitted x-ray intensity on nanosecond time scales. Then, we demonstrate sensitive measurements by observing the propagation of impulsively launched sound waves in the target over $\sim 10\,\mu s$. The interferometer concept opens avenues towards polarization-sensitive phase measurements, the generation of coherent multi-pulse sequences for controlling nuclear dynamics, and the implementation of feedback loops to adaptively optimize the interferometer, thereby fueling the further development of nuclear quantum optics.

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