An ultra-short pulsed neutron source

I. Pomerantz; E. McCary; A. Meadows; A. Arefiev; A. C. Bernstein; C. Chester; J. Cortez; M. Donovan; G. Dyer; E. Gaul; D. Hamilton; D. Kuk; A. Lestrade; C. Wang; T. Ditmire; B. M. Hegelich

doi:10.1364/hilas.2014.hth1b.1

An ultra-short pulsed neutron source

I. Pomerantz, E. McCary, A. Meadows, A. Arefiev, A. C. Bernstein, C. Chester, J. Cortez, M. Donovan, G. Dyer, E. Gaul, D. Hamilton, D. Kuk, A. Lestrade, C. Wang, T. Ditmire, B. M. Hegelich

University of Texas at Austin

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Abstract

At the Texas Petawatt laser facility we developed a novel ultra-short pulsed laser-driven neutron source generating an unprecedented output flux. Our results show a dramatic onset of high-energy electron generation from petawatt laser-irradiated plastic targets for targets thinner than a few microns. In this regime, the copious amounts of multi-MeV electrons emitted from the target are utilized to generate photo-neutrons from a metal converter. The neutrons are generated with a <50 ps pulse duration and a flux of 10¹⁸ n/cm²/s, exceeding any other pulsed or CW neutron source. I will discuss the prospects of ultrafast neutron science and particularly its application in Fast Neutron Resonance Radiography.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena, HILAS 2014
Publisher	Optical Society of America (OSA)
ISBN (Print)	9781557529954
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/hilas.2014.hth1b.1
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena, HILAS 2014 - Messe Berlin, Berlin, Germany Duration: 18 Mar 2014 → 20 Mar 2014

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

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Conference	High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena, HILAS 2014
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Messe Berlin, Berlin
Period	18/03/14 → 20/03/14

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Pomerantz, I., McCary, E., Meadows, A., Arefiev, A., Bernstein, A. C., Chester, C., Cortez, J., Donovan, M., Dyer, G., Gaul, E., Hamilton, D., Kuk, D., Lestrade, A., Wang, C., Ditmire, T., & Hegelich, B. M. (2014). An ultra-short pulsed neutron source. In High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena, HILAS 2014 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers). Optical Society of America (OSA). https://doi.org/10.1364/hilas.2014.hth1b.1

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