Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Demonstration of non-destructive and isotope-sensitive material analysis using a short-pulsed laser-driven epi-thermal neutron source

  • Marc Zimmer,
  • Stefan Scheuren,
  • Annika Kleinschmidt,
  • Nikodem Mitura,
  • Alexandra Tebartz,
  • Gabriel Schaumann,
  • Torsten Abel,
  • Tina Ebert,
  • Markus Hesse,
  • Şêro Zähter,
  • Sven C. Vogel,
  • Oliver Merle,
  • Rolf-Jürgen Ahlers,
  • Serge Duarte Pinto,
  • Maximilian Peschke,
  • Thorsten Kröll,
  • Vincent Bagnoud,
  • Christian Rödel,
  • Markus Roth

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28756-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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High-power laser beams can be used to accelerate neutron beams. Here the authors demonstrate the application of laser-driven neutron beams to neutron resonance spectroscopy and neutron resonance imaging.