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Investigating time-of-flight spin-echo modulation for small-angle neutron scattering through experiments and simulation

Sales, Morten ; Plomp, Jeroen ; Habicht, Klaus and Strobl, Markus LU (2015) In Journal of Applied Crystallography 48. p.92-96
Abstract
A spin-echo-modulated small-angle neutron scattering (SEMSANS) instrument in a time-of-flight (TOF) mode will be able to excel at pulsed neutron sources such as the European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction. This work compares experimental data from a TOF SEMSANS setup, where a spatial beam modulation of a white beam is obtained using triangular field coils, with Monte Carlo ray-tracing simulations. The experiments and simulations in accordance demonstrate that a good contrast can be achieved when using a constant field in the triangular coils. In the reported setup only neutrons with certain wavelengths rotate by a Larmor precession angle that spatially modulates their polarization to coincide with the period of a... (More)
A spin-echo-modulated small-angle neutron scattering (SEMSANS) instrument in a time-of-flight (TOF) mode will be able to excel at pulsed neutron sources such as the European Spallation Source (ESS), currently under construction. This work compares experimental data from a TOF SEMSANS setup, where a spatial beam modulation of a white beam is obtained using triangular field coils, with Monte Carlo ray-tracing simulations. The experiments and simulations in accordance demonstrate that a good contrast can be achieved when using a constant field in the triangular coils. In the reported setup only neutrons with certain wavelengths rotate by a Larmor precession angle that spatially modulates their polarization to coincide with the period of a grating installed at the detector position. This is shown by measuring with a broad wavelength range while scanning the echo condition. (Less)
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spin-echo-modulated small-angle neutron scattering, time-of-flight mode
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Journal of Applied Crystallography
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48
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92 - 96
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International Union of Crystallography
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1600-5767
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10.1107/S1600576714025916
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  author       = {{Sales, Morten and Plomp, Jeroen and Habicht, Klaus and Strobl, Markus}},
  issn         = {{1600-5767}},
  keywords     = {{spin-echo-modulated small-angle neutron scattering; time-of-flight mode}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{92--96}},
  publisher    = {{International Union of Crystallography}},
  series       = {{Journal of Applied Crystallography}},
  title        = {{Investigating time-of-flight spin-echo modulation for small-angle neutron scattering through experiments and simulation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600576714025916}},
  doi          = {{10.1107/S1600576714025916}},
  volume       = {{48}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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