Design of Neutron Microscopes Equipped with Wolter Mirror Condenser and Objective Optics for High-Fidelity Imaging and Beam Transport
Abstract
We present and compare the designs of three types of neutron microscopes for high-resolution neutron imaging. Like optical microscopes, and unlike standard neutron imaging instruments, these microscopes have both condenser and image-forming objective optics. The optics are glancing-incidence axisymmetric mirrors and therefore suitable for polychromatic neutron beams. The mirrors are designed to provide a magnification of 10 to achieve a spatial resolution of better than 10 μm. The resolution of the microscopes is determined by the mirrors rather than by the L/Dratio as in conventional pinhole imaging, leading to possible dramatic improvements in the signal rate. We predict the increase in the signal rate by at least two orders of magnitude for very high-resolution imaging, which is always flux limited. Furthermore, in contrast to pinhole imaging, in the microscope, the samples are placed far from the detector to allow for a bulky sample environment without sacrificing spatial resolution.
- Authors:
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- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Phoenix LLC, Monona, WI (United States)
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Electroformed Nickel, Inc., Huntsville, AL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1774069
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0017098
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Imaging
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2313-433X
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; neutron focusing mirrors; Wolter optics; neutron imaging
Citation Formats
Abir, Muhammad, Hussey, Daniel S., and Khaykovich, Boris. Design of Neutron Microscopes Equipped with Wolter Mirror Condenser and Objective Optics for High-Fidelity Imaging and Beam Transport. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.3390/jimaging6100100.
Abir, Muhammad, Hussey, Daniel S., & Khaykovich, Boris. Design of Neutron Microscopes Equipped with Wolter Mirror Condenser and Objective Optics for High-Fidelity Imaging and Beam Transport. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6100100
Abir, Muhammad, Hussey, Daniel S., and Khaykovich, Boris. Sun .
"Design of Neutron Microscopes Equipped with Wolter Mirror Condenser and Objective Optics for High-Fidelity Imaging and Beam Transport". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6100100. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1774069.
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title = {Design of Neutron Microscopes Equipped with Wolter Mirror Condenser and Objective Optics for High-Fidelity Imaging and Beam Transport},
author = {Abir, Muhammad and Hussey, Daniel S. and Khaykovich, Boris},
abstractNote = {We present and compare the designs of three types of neutron microscopes for high-resolution neutron imaging. Like optical microscopes, and unlike standard neutron imaging instruments, these microscopes have both condenser and image-forming objective optics. The optics are glancing-incidence axisymmetric mirrors and therefore suitable for polychromatic neutron beams. The mirrors are designed to provide a magnification of 10 to achieve a spatial resolution of better than 10 μm. The resolution of the microscopes is determined by the mirrors rather than by the L/Dratio as in conventional pinhole imaging, leading to possible dramatic improvements in the signal rate. We predict the increase in the signal rate by at least two orders of magnitude for very high-resolution imaging, which is always flux limited. Furthermore, in contrast to pinhole imaging, in the microscope, the samples are placed far from the detector to allow for a bulky sample environment without sacrificing spatial resolution.},
doi = {10.3390/jimaging6100100},
journal = {Journal of Imaging},
number = 10,
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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