IMAGINE: A Cold Neutron Imaging Station at the Laboratoire Léon Brillouin

Frédéric Ott (1) , Camille Loupiac (2) , Sylvain Desert (1) , Arnaud Hélary (1) , Pascal Lavie (1)

1 LLB - UMR 12 - Laboratoire Léon Brillouin
2 PAPC - Procédés Alimentaires et Physico-Chimie

A second cold neutron imaging station has been open to users at the Laboratoire Léon Brillouin. The station is designed for high resolution neutron imaging and tomography. The typical field of view is 100x100 mm2 with a spatial resolution of 100 μm. Betterspatial resolutions (∼50 μm) can be achieved when reducing the field of view down to 30x30mm2. The L/D ratio can be varied from 200 to1000with pinhole sizes ranging from 20 to7 mm. Future upgrades will provide capabilities for energy resolved measurements using either a velocity selector or a double crystal monochromator. The possibility to perform polarized neutron experiments will also be provided next year.

Mots clés: Neutron radiography; Neutron imaging; Cold neutron

Domaines: Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire

Frédéric Ott, Camille Loupiac, Sylvain Desert, Arnaud Hélary, Pascal Lavie. IMAGINE: A Cold Neutron Imaging Station at the Laboratoire Léon Brillouin. Physics Procedia, 2015, 69, pp.67-70. ⟨10.1016/j.phpro.2015.07.009⟩. ⟨hal-02356021⟩