Demonstration of Focusing Wolter Mirrors for Neutron Phase and Magnetic Imaging
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Hussey, Daniel S.
Wen, Han
Wu, Huarui
Gentile, Thomas R.
Chen, Wangchun
Jacobson, David L.
LaManna, Jacob M.
Khaykovich, Boris
Date Issued
March 2018
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Journal of Imaging
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MDPI AG
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Hussey, Daniel et al. "Demonstration of Focusing Wolter Mirrors for Neutron Phase and Magnetic Imaging." Journal of Imaging 4, 3 (March 2018): 50 ©
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Abstract
Image-forming focusing mirrors were employed to demonstrate their applicability to two different modalities of neutron imaging, phase imaging with a far-field interferometer, and magnetic-field imaging through the manipulation of the neutron beam polarization. For the magnetic imaging, the rotation of the neutron polarization in the magnetic field was measured by placing a solenoid at the focus of the mirrors. The beam was polarized upstream of the solenoid, while the spin analyzer was situated between the solenoid and the mirrors. Such a polarized neutron microscope provides a path toward considerably improved spatial resolution in neutron imaging of magnetic materials. For the phase imaging, we show that the focusing mirrors preserve the beam coherence and the path-length differences that give rise to the far-field moiré pattern. We demonstrated that the visibility of the moiré pattern is modified by small angle scattering from a highly porous foam. This experiment demonstrates the feasibility of using Wolter optics to significantly improve the spatial resolution of the far-field interferometer. Keywords: neutron imaging; Wolter optics; polarized neutron imaging; far-field interferometer
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MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
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https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging4030050
