抄録
We introduce the process of nonresonant laser interaction with neutrons. A sufficiently strong laser beam can couple with the magnetic dipole of neutrons. The mean force of appropriately arranged laser beams causes specific momentum kicks through the beat of lasers at specific spatio-temporal positions. Such a kick corresponds to the neutron interaction with photons in the extreme low energy regime. We also suggest a possible method to detect a phase shift of the wave functions of neutrons of energy 3×10-3 eV with and without photon interaction by neutron interferometry, so that an effective neutron measurement of the laser kick is realized. The present ultra-sensitive neutron measurement with lasers introduces a new probe of neutrons in the extreme low energy regime.
