Neutron Grating Interferometry at the High Flux Isotope Reactor

Yuxuan Zhang; Erik Stringfellow; Jean Christophe Bilheux; Hassina Z. Bilheux; James Torres; Ian Turnbull; Roger Hobbs; Leslie G. Butler; Kyungmin Ham

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-15003-5_41

Neutron Grating Interferometry at the High Flux Isotope Reactor

Yuxuan Zhang
, Erik Stringfellow
, Jean Christophe Bilheux
, Hassina Z. Bilheux
, James Torres
, Ian Turnbull
, Roger Hobbs
, Leslie G. Butler
, Kyungmin Ham

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Neutron imaging is a non-destructive probe that can spatially resolve bulk materials’ internal features/structures. Neutron imaging spatial resolution is driven by detector technology, i.e., pixel size, and is currently on the order of 10–20 µm. This limitation can be alleviated by the use of neutron grating interferometry – an advanced neutron imaging technique – that enables simultaneous access to three contrast mechanisms: attenuation, differential phase, and small-angle neutron scattering. Recently, a Talbot-Lau neutron grating interferometry has been implemented at the Multimodal Advanced Radiography Station at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. In this work, the design, setup and performance of the grating apparatus are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Neutron Radiography - WCNR-12
Editors	Aaron E. Craft, Hassina Z. Bilheux
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	364-371
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783032150028
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-15003-5_41
State	Published - 2026
Event	12th World Conference on Neutron Radiography, WCNR 2024 - Idaho Falls, United States Duration: Jun 2 2024 → Jun 7 2024

Publication series

Name	Springer Proceedings in Physics
Volume	348 SPPHY
ISSN (Print)	0930-8989
ISSN (Electronic)	1867-4941

Conference

Conference	12th World Conference on Neutron Radiography, WCNR 2024
Country/Territory	United States
City	Idaho Falls
Period	06/2/24 → 06/7/24

Funding

This research used resources at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The beam time was allocated to MARS (CG-1D) on proposal numbers IPTS-26032 and IPTS-26647. The authors thank Dr. Fankang Li and Dr. Fumiaki Funama providing the PMMA samples used in the characterization of the nGI apparatus. Y.Zhang also thank Dr. Jiao Y.Y. Lin for sharing his Fresnel-propagator codes for nGI simulation. The authors thank the Xiaosong Geng, Mike Harrington, Gary Taufer and Rob Knudson IV from DAQ group for their support in integrating all the nGI motors and stages.

Keywords

MARS
Neutron Grating Interferometry
Neutron Instrumentation

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Zhang, Y., Stringfellow, E., Bilheux, J. C., Bilheux, H. Z., Torres, J., Turnbull, I., Hobbs, R., Butler, L. G., & Ham, K. (2026). Neutron Grating Interferometry at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. In A. E. Craft, & H. Z. Bilheux (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Neutron Radiography - WCNR-12 (pp. 364-371). (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 348 SPPHY). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-15003-5_41

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Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Neutron Radiography - WCNR-12. ed. / Aaron E. Craft; Hassina Z. Bilheux. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2026. p. 364-371 (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 348 SPPHY).

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