Neutron reflecting supermirror structure

Patent · 31 December 1991

OSTI ID:868565

Wood, James L.

An improved neutron reflecting supermirror structure comprising a plurality of stacked sets of bilayers of neutron reflecting materials. The improved neutron reflecting supermirror structure is adapted to provide extremely good performance at high incidence angles, i.e. up to four time the critical angle of standard neutron mirror structures. The reflection of neutrons striking the supermirror structure at a high critical angle provides enhanced neutron throughput, and hence more efficient and economical use of neutron sources.

• Research Organization: Ovonic Synthetic Materials Company, Inc., Troy, MI (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-89ER80810
• Assignee: Ovonic Synthetic Materials Company, Inc. (Troy, MI)
• Patent Number(s): 5,167,912
• Application Number: 07/790,727
• OSTI ID: 868565
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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