We demonstrate the use of nanodiamond in constructing holographic nanoparticle-polymer composite transmission gratings with large saturated refractive index modulation amplitudes at both optical and slow-neutron wavelengths, resulting in efficient control of light and slow-neutron beams. Nanodiamond possesses a high refractive index at optical wavelengths and large coherent and small incoherent scattering cross sections with low absorption at slow-neutron wavelengths. We describe the synthesis of nanodiamond, the preparation of photopolymerizable nanodiamond-polymer composite films, the construction of transmission gratings in nanodiamond-polymer composite films and light optical diffraction experiments. Results of slow-neutron diffraction from such gratings are also presented.
@article{arxiv.2010.00645,
title = {Light and Slow-Neutron Diffraction by Nanodiamond-Dispersed Nanocomposite Holographic Gratings},
author = {Y. Tomita and A. Kageyama and Y. Iso and K. Umemoto and A. Kume and M. Liu and C. Pruner and T. Jenke and S. Roccia and P. Geltenbort and M. Fally and J. Klepp},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.00645},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Applied (2020)