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We present the concept of a novel time-focusing technique for neutron spectrometers, which allows to disentangle time-focusing from beam divergence. The core of this approach is a double rotating-crystal monochromator that can be used to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-02 M. Zanatta , K. H. Andersen , P. P. Deen , A. Orecchini , A. Paciaroni , C. Petrillo , F. Sacchetti

We developed a 12-liter volume neutron detector filled with the liquid scintillator EJ301 that measures neutrons in an underground laboratory where dark matter and neutrino experiments are located. The detector target is a cylindrical…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 C. Zhang , D. -M. Mei , P. Davis , B. Woltman , F. Gray

We report on an integrated non-degenerate narrowband photon pair source produced at 890 nm and 1320nm via type II parametric down-conversion in a periodically poled waveguide with high-reflective dielectric mirrors deposited on the…

Though Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) can produce colorful 3D representations of the world by using a set of 2D images, such ability becomes non-existent when only monochromatic images are provided. Since color is necessary in representing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Yean Cheng , Renjie Wan , Shuchen Weng , Chengxuan Zhu , Yakun Chang , Boxin Shi

Digital micromirror devices are a popular type of spatial light modulators for wavefront shaping applications. While they offer several advantages when compared to liquid crystal modulators, such as polarization insensitivity and…

Optics · Physics 2023-11-29 R. Gutiérrez-Cuevas , S. M. Popoff

Reflected neutron beam originating from a crystal monochromator contains higher order wavelength contribution. Creating multilayer mirror structures with custom reflectivity curves including a monochromatic polarized neutron beam is a…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-09-23 D. G. Merkel , L. Bottyán , B. Nagy , Sz. Sajti , E. Szilágyi , R. Kovács-Mezei

Scintillators capable of detecting both neutrons and gamma-rays have generated considerable interest. In particular, the use of such scintillators with silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) enables low-power and compact-geometry applications.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-29 Felix Liang , Hartmut Brands , Les Hoy , Jeff Preston , Jason Smith

We report on an Edge Illumination setup enabling neutron dark-field imaging where two amplitude modulators are used to structure and subsequently analyze the neutron beam. The modulator and analyzer are manufactured by laser ablation of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-23 Marco Endrizzi , Gibril K. Kallon , Triestino Minniti , Rolf Broennimann , Alessandro Olivo

We introduce a monolithic Brillouin generator based on a semiconductor micropillar cavity embedding a high frequency nanoacoustic resonator operating in the hundreds of GHz range. The concept of two nested resonators allows an independent…

Brillouin and Raman scattering spectroscopy are established techniques for the nondestructive contactless and label-free readout of mechanical, chemical and structural properties of condensed matter. Brillouin-Raman investigations currently…

We present continued development of laterally graded multilayer mirrors (LGMLs) for a telescope design capable of measuring linear X-ray polarization over a broad spectral band. The multilayer-coated mirrors are used as Bragg reflectors at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Herman L. Marshall , Norbert S. Schulz , David L. Windt , Eric M. Gullikson , Eric Blake , Dan Getty , Zane McInturff

We propose a new method to form very cold neutron (VCN) beams collimated and monochromatic without usual losses of flux by three or more orders in magnitude due to narrow line cutting from energy and angular spectra. To this purpose…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 A. P. Serebrov , V. T. Lebedev , A. V. Lepekhin

Optical solitary waves (solitons) that interact in a nonlinear system can bind and form a structure similar to a molecule. The rich dynamics of this process have created a demand for rapid spectral characterization to deepen the…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-21 Lukasz A. Sterczewski , Jaroslaw Sotor

Long-range imaging in the thermal infrared band is critical for applications such as environmental monitoring, industrial inspections, and surveillance. To achieve high quality imaging, these systems typically require large apertures and…

Although for large area detectors it is crucial to find an alternative to detect thermal neutrons because of the 3He shortage, this is not the case for small area detectors. Neutron scattering science is still growing its instruments' power…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-03-14 F. Piscitelli , J. C. Buffet , J. F. Clergeau , S. Cuccaro , B. Guerard , A. Khaplanov , Q. La Manna , J. M. Rigal , P. Van Esch

A double-crystal diamond (111) monochromator recently implemented at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) enables splitting of the primary X-ray beam into a pink (transmitted) and a monochromatic (reflected) branch. The first…

Polarized neutrons are a powerful probe to investigate magnetism in condensed matter on length scales from single atomic distances to micrometers. With the ongoing advancement of neutron optics, that allow to transport beams with increased…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-02 Jochen Stahn , Artur Glavic

We have studied the transmission of an optically thick Rb vapor that is illuminated by monochromatic and noise broaden laser fields in Lambda configuration. The spectral width of the beat signal between the two fields after transmission…

We demonstrate a narrow-linewidth 780 nm laser system with up to 40 W power and a frequency modulation bandwidth of 230 MHz. Efficient overlap on nonlinear optical elements combines two pairs of phase-locked frequency components into a…

Color photometric stereo enables single-shot surface reconstruction, extending conventional photometric stereo that requires multiple images of a static scene under varying illumination to dynamic scenarios. However, most existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Zonglin Li , Jieji Ren , Shuangfan Zhou , Heng Guo , Jinnuo Zhang , Jiang Zhou , Boxin Shi , Zhanyu Ma , Guoying Gu