An atomic interferometer using the longitudinal Stern-Gerlach effect has been constructed. A thermal beam of metastable hydrogen atoms has been used to test the apparatus. Interference patterns have been obtained. The visibility of the fringes is limited by the velocity spread of the beam. The observed patterns are in good agreement with that predicted from the actual velocity distribution.
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