Depth-graded multilayers as neutron Doppler converters at pulsed neutron source

Alexandru Dan Stoica; Morris Lowell Crow; Jack Lee Robertson

doi:10.1117/12.448061

Depth-graded multilayers as neutron Doppler converters at pulsed neutron source

Alexandru Dan Stoica, Morris Lowell Crow, Jack Lee Robertson

Neutron Optics & Polarization

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Abstract

A moving diffractor changes the energy of elastically diffracted neutrons by the Doppler effect. Depth-graded multilayers can diffract neutrons over a large band of energy. Using a pulsed neutron source, such a depth-graded multilayer, decelerating synchronously with the incident neutron pulse, can shift the reflected neutrons into a compressed energy window. This focusing in energy is associated with a broadening of the pulse in time, but the process does not involve a significant decrease in the neutron phase-space density. The proposed method can be used to design long pulse or quasi-continuous sources of cold, very cold or ultra cold neutrons (UCN). The analysis concentrates on enhanced production of UCN at pulsed neutron sources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-78
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4509
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.448061
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Doppler converters
Multilayers
Pulsed neutron source
Ultra cold neutrons

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