Lens design challenges for scintillator-based neutron imaging

V. Geppert-Kleinrath; L. Tafoya; C. Danly; V. Fatherley; E. Mendoza; J. Vaughan; C. Wilde; P. Volegov

doi:10.1117/12.2322920

11 September 2018 Lens design challenges for scintillator-based neutron imaging

V. Geppert-Kleinrath, L. Tafoya, C. Danly, V. Fatherley, E. Mendoza, J. Vaughan, C. Wilde, P. Volegov

Proceedings Volume 10763, Radiation Detectors in Medicine, Industry, and National Security XIX; 107630P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2322920
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Neutron imaging is a powerful diagnostic to study inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosions at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) using neutrons emitted in the fusion reactions. Analysis of time-gated images of the primary fusion (14.1 MeV) and down-scattered (6-12 MeV) neutrons based on their time-of-flight allows for the reconstruction of the burning hot spot undergoing fusion and the surrounding cold fuel. The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Advanced Imaging team has been providing these images since 2011. Now, two additional lines of sight are being designed and built for NIF to allow three-dimensional reconstructions. Neutron imaging relies on the conversion of neutrons into light to be captured by an imaging system through the use of a scintillator. While the current neutron imaging system utilizes a fiber scintillator array, a newly designed imaging system will consist of a thick monolithic scintillator and custom-designed lenses to collect the light. The custom lens has to resolve an image produced in the thick volume of the scintillator and therefore needs a large depth of field.

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V. Geppert-Kleinrath, L. Tafoya, C. Danly, V. Fatherley, E. Mendoza, J. Vaughan, C. Wilde, and P. Volegov "Lens design challenges for scintillator-based neutron imaging", Proc. SPIE 10763, Radiation Detectors in Medicine, Industry, and National Security XIX, 107630P (11 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2322920

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