Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compact neutron imaging system using axisymmetric mirrors
- Patent Title (中): 使用轴对称镜的紧凑型中子成像系统
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Application No.: US13832778Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US08735844B1Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Boris Khaykovich , David E. Moncton , Mikhail V. Gubarev , Brian D. Ramsey , Darell E. Engelhaupt
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology , The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adm
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge US DC Washington US AL Huntsville
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,The University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,The University of Alabama in Huntsville
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge US DC Washington US AL Huntsville
- Agency: Modern Times Legal
- Agent Robert J. Sayre
- Main IPC: G01T3/00
- IPC: G01T3/00
Abstract:
A dispersed release of neutrons is generated from a source. A portion of this dispersed neutron release is reflected by surfaces of a plurality of nested, axisymmetric mirrors in at least an inner mirror layer and an outer mirror layer, wherein the neutrons reflected by the inner mirror layer are incident on at least one mirror surface of the inner mirror layer N times, wherein N is an integer, and wherein neutrons reflected by the outer mirror are incident on a plurality of mirror surfaces of the outer layer N+i times, where i is a positive integer, to redirect the neutrons toward a target. The mirrors can be formed by a periodically reversed pulsed-plating process.
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