A Neutron Diffractometer for a Long Pulsed Neutron Source

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• 作者：Paul Sokol^a ; ^b ; ^{pesokol@indiana.edu} ; Cailin Wang^b
• 关键词：Neutron Diffraction ; Long-pulse neutron sources ; wavelength multiplexing
• 刊名：Physics Procedia
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：P128_18753892
• 类别：ph
• 出版时间：2012
• 卷：26
• 期：Complete
• 页码：178-187
• 文件大小：1253 K

摘要

Long pulsed neutron sources are being actively developed as small university based sources and are being considered for the next generation of high powered sources, such as the European Neutron Source (ESS) and the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) second target station. New instrumentation concepts will be required to effectively utilize the full spectrum of neutrons generated by these sources. Neutron diffractometers, which utilize time-of-flight (TOF) techniques for wavelength resolution, are particularly problematic. We describe an instrument for a long pulsed source that provides resolution comparable to that obtained on short pulsed sources without the need of long incident flight paths. We accomplish this by utilizing high speed choppers to impose a time structure on the spectrum of incident neutrons. By strategically positioning these choppers the response matrix assumes a convenient form that can be deconvoluted from the measured TOF spectrum to produce the diffraction pattern of the sample. We compare the performance of this instrument to other possible diffraction instruments that could be utilized on a long pulsed source.