Takayuki OkuProfessor

■Researcher basic information

Organization

  • College of Science Department of Sciences Physics
  • Graduate School of Science and Engineering(Master's Program) Major in Quantum Bean Science
  • Graduate School of Science and Engineerin(Doctoral Program) Major in Quantum Bean Science
  • Faculty of Basic Natural Science Domain of Physics

Research Areas

  • Energy, Quantum beam science, neutron scattering

Research Keyword

  • neutron optics
  • magnetic neutron lens
  • 3He neutron spin filter
  • polarized neutrons
  • neutron scattering

Degree

  • 1998年06月 博士(工学)(慶應義塾大学)

Career

  • Apr. 2020 - Present, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Materials and Life Science Division J-Parc Center, Section Leader
  • Apr. 2017 - Present, Graduate School of Sci. and Eng. Ibaraki University, Major in Quantum Beam Science, Professor
  • Oct. 2011 - Present, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, J-PARC Center, Principal researcher
  • Apr. 2008 - Sep. 2011, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, J-PARC Center, Assistant Principal Researcher
  • Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2008, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Assistant Principal Researcher
  • Apr. 2003 - Mar. 2005, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Advanced Science Research Center, Researcher
  • Oct. 2001 - Mar. 2003, RIKEN, Contract researcher
  • Oct. 1998 - Sep. 2001, RIKWN, Postdoctoral researcher
  • Apr. 1997 - Sep. 1998, RIKEN, Contract Researcher

Message from Researchers

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    2017年より茨城大学理学部、茨城大学大学院理工学研究科 所属 (クロスアポイント)

■Research activity information

Paper

  • Development of a compact in-situ 3He neutron spin filter at J-PARC
    S. Takahashi; R. Kiyanagi; T. Okudaira; S. Takada; R. Kobayashi; M. Okuizumi; T. Ino; K. Asai; Y. Tsuchikawa; K. Oikawa; M. Harada; T. Ohhara; J. Suzuki; M. Fujita; Y. Ikeda; K. Kakurai; T. Oku, This study developed a compact and portable in-situ 3He neutron spin filter (in-situ 3He NSF) utilizing spin-exchange optical pumping at Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). This polarizing device aims to enhance the utilization of polarized pulsed neutrons. The length of the in-situ 3He NSF was 320 mm, making it well-suited for installation in a wide range of neutron instruments, including those with space constraints. Its performance as an incident neutron polarizer was evaluated at MLF, where it achieved a 3He polarization exceeding 0.6, corresponding to a neutron polarization greater than 0.8 at 1.8 Å. Notably, the in-situ 3He NSF demonstrated stable operation for 110 h. These outcomes signify that the developed in-situ 3He NSF facilitates and promotes polarized pulsed neutron experiments.
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Jun. 2025
  • Transverse asymmetry of individual $\gamma$ rays in the $^{139}$La($\overrightarrow{n},\gamma$)$^{140}$La reaction
    Okuizumi Mao*; Auton C. J.*; Endo Shunsuke; Fujioka Hiroyuki*; Hirota Katsuya*; Ino Takashi*; Ishizaki Kohei*; Kimura Atsushi; Kitaguchi Masaaki*; Koga Jun*; Makise So*; Niinomi Yudai*; Oku Takayuki; Okudaira Takuya*; Sakai Kenji; Shima Tatsushi*; Shimizu Hirohiko*; Tada Hiroki*; Takada Shusuke*; Takahashi Shingo*; Tani Yuika*; Yamamoto Tomoki*; Yoshikawa Hiromoto*; Yoshioka Tamaki*, The observed enhancement of Parity Violation in the vicinity of p-wave compound nuclear resonances for a variety of medium-heavy nuclei can be understood using the sp-mixing model. The sp-mixing model predicts several neutron energy-dependent angular correlations between the spin and momentum of neutron and $\gamma$-ray emitted from (n,$\gamma$) reactions. In this work, the correlation term $\overrightarrow{\sigma_\textrm{n } }\cdot(\overrightarrow{k_\textrm{n } }\times\overrightarrow{k_\gamma})$ in the $^{139}$La($\overrightarrow{n}$,$\gamma$)$^{140}$La$^\ast$ reaction was measured precisely and a significant transverse asymmetry was found in the transition to the excited states of $^{140}$La.
    Physical Review C, Mar. 2025, [Reviewed]
  • Circular polarization measurement for individual gamma rays in capture reactions with intense pulsed neutrons
    Shunsuke Endo; Ryota Abe; Hiroyuki Fujioka; Takashi Ino; Osamu Iwamoto; Nobuyuki Iwamoto; Shiori Kawamura; Atsushi Kimura; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Ryuju Kobayashi; Shoji Nakamura; Takayuki Oku; Takuya Okudaira; Mao Okuizumi; Mohamed Omer; Gerard Rovira; Tatsushi Shima; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Toshiyuki Shizuma; Yoshitaka Taira; Shusuke Takada; Shingo Takahashi; Hiromoto Yoshikawa; Tamaki Yoshioka; Heishun Zen, Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    The European Physical Journal A, 28 Aug. 2024, [Reviewed]
  • Application of Energy‐Resolving Neutron Imaging to Major‐Component Analyses of Materials Using Four‐Channel Superconducting Detector
    The Dang Vu; Hiroaki Shishido; Kazuya Aizawa; Takayuki Oku; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Kenji M. Kojima; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Kazuhiko Soyama; Tomio Koyama; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y. Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Masahiko Machida; Shuichi Kawamata; Takekazu Ishida, We proposed a current‐biased kinetic inductance detector (CB‐KID) as a novel superconducting detector to construct a neutron transmission imager. The characteristics of a superconducting neutron detector have been systematically studied to improve a spatial resolution down to 10 in transmission imaging. In this study, we report the application of the energy‐resolving neutron imaging to investigate major components of materials by analyzing neutron transmission spectra from 1 meV to 500 keV. We succeeded in identifying that copper (Cu) and iron (Fe) are major components respectively in commercial nuts and screws as test samples with the aid of Rietveld imaging of transmission spectra (RITS) program in analyzing transmission spectra in longer wavelengths. The Ti screw was also confirmed by comparing the nuclear resonance absorption measurements and simulations in high‐energy regions. We demonstrated that our superconducting neutron detector is applicable to reveal the transmission spectra in the wide range from cold‐neutron energies to higher neutron energies even up to 500 keV. By selecting distinctive energy regions of pulsed neutrons, we succeeded in mapping the distribution of SmSn3 compound using the strong neutron absorption in samarium (Sm) and the selective nuclear‐resonance dips in Sm. By taking advantage of using CB‐KID in conducting neutron imaging, the CB‐KID method is extensively useful for various purposes in material sciences through energy‐selective neutron spectroscopy from 1 meV to 500 keV. © 2024 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan and Wiley Periodicals LLC., Wiley
    IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 20 Jun. 2024
  • Present Status of Spectroscopy of the Hyperfine Structure and Repolarization of Muonic Helium Atoms at J-PARC
    Seiso Fukumura; Patrick Strasser; Mahiro Fushihara; Yu Goto; Takashi Ino; Ryoto Iwai; Sohtaro Kanda; Shiori Kawamura; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Shoichiro Nishimura; Takayuki Oku; Takuya Okudaira; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Koichiro Shimomura; Hiroki Tada; Hiroyuki A. Torii, The mass mμ− of the negative muon is one of the parameters of the elementary particle Standard Model and it allows us to verify the CPT (charge–parity–time) symmetry theorem by comparing mμ− value with the mass mμ+ of the positive muon. However, the experimental determination precision of mμ− is 3.1ppm, which is an order of magnitude lower than the determination precision of mμ+ at 120ppb. The authors aim to determine mμ− and the magnetic moment μμ− with a precision of O(10ppb) through spectroscopy of the hyperfine structure (HFS) of muonic helium-4 atom (4Heμ−e−) under high magnetic fields. He4μ−e− is an exotic atom where one of the two electrons of the He4 atom is replaced by a negative muon. To achieve the goal, it is necessary to determine the HFS of He4μ−e− with a precision of O(1ppb). This paper describes the determination procedure of the HFS of He4μ−e− in weak magnetic fields reported recently, and the work towards achieving the goal of higher precision measurement., MDPI AG
    Physics, 12 Jun. 2024
  • Neutron transmission imaging system with a superconducting kinetic inductance detector
    The Dang Vu; Hiroaki Shishido; Kazuya Aizawa; Takayuki Oku; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Kenji M. Kojima; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Kazuhiko Soyama; Tomio Koyama; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y. Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Masahiko Machida; Shuichi Kawamata; Takekazu Ishida, Abstract

    We optimized the design and operating conditions of our superconducting neutron detector to improve spatial resolution. We obtained the best spatial resolution of 10 μm when a Gd Siemens star pattern was mounted in close contact with the detector. Although there is a trade-off between a spatial resolution and an easiness of replacing samples, we built our superconducting neutron imaging system for measuring in both the room-temperature samples with a proper collimation ratio L/D for achieving a reasonable spatial resolution and a cryogenic temperature with the best spatial resolution for certain purposes. In this study, we obtained neutron transmission images of various samples when they were cooled down with the superconducting neutron detector. We compared the effect of a different sample-detector distance on a spatial resolution when the samples were placed either at cryogenic temperature or at room temperature. We also confirmed that our CB-KID sensor was able to observe the neutron transmission coefficient over wider energies of pulsed neutrons. We found the appearance of clear Bragg dips by the measurements of natural FeS2 single crystals and succeeded in mapping the distribution of differently-oriented crystals by choosing several Bragg dips of the FeS2 crystals to compose the transmission images., IOP Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 01 Jun. 2024
  • Interpenetration of rubber and silane coupling agent on an inorganic substrate revealed by spin-contrast-variation neutron reflectivity
    Kumada Takayuki; Iwahara Daisuke*; Nishitsuji Shotaro*; Akutsu Kazuhiro*; Miura Daisuke; Motokawa Ryuhei; Sugita Tsuyoshi; Torikai Naoya*; Amino Naoya*; Oku Takayuki; Takenaka Mikihito*, We elucidated the entanglement of polybutadiene and silane coupling agent (SCA) molecules bound to Si substrates using spin-contrast-variation (SCV) neutron reflectivity (NR). In an annealed integral blend film of polybutadiene and SCA, a SCA layer generated on the Si substrate was composed of 70 vol. percent SCA molecules extended perpendicularly from the silicon substrate and entangled with 30 vol. percent polybutadiene molecules. By contrast, in an SCA-precoated polybutadiene film, the SCA-precoated layer is composed of densely packed SCA molecules forming crystal-like structure, and thus did not become entangled with the postcoated polybutadiene molecules. This poor entanglement resulted in poor binding between polybutadiene and Si substrate.
    Journal of Physical Chemistry C, May 2024, [Reviewed]
  • Recent status of the cryogenic sample environment at the MLF, J-PARC
    Ishikado Motoyuki*; Takahashi Ryuta*; Yamauchi Yasuhiro*; Nakamura Masatoshi*; Ishimaru Sora*; Yamauchi Sara*; Kawamura Seiko; Kira Hiroshi*; Sakaguchi Yoshifumi*; Watanabe Masao; Oku Takayuki, Recent status of cryogenic sample environment equipment at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) has been reported. We have reviewed the specifications and performance of cryogenic sample environment equipment and a newly installed Gifford-McMahon (GM) cryofurnace, which are mainly managed by the Cryogenic and Magnet group in the sample environment team at the MLF. Moreover, the recent maintenance and update of each piece of equipment, the improved temperature-control function, and the expansion of the usable beamline of the cryogenic sample environment equipment are described.
    JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), May 2024, [Reviewed]
  • New muonic He atom HFS measurements at J-PARC MUSE
    Yu Goto; Seiso Fukumura; Patrick Strasser; Takashi Ino; Ryoto Iwai; Sohtaro Kanda; Shiori Kawamura; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Shoichiro Nishimura; Takayuki Oku; Takuya Okudaira; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Koichiro Shimomura; Hiroki Tada; Hiroyuki A. Torii, Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Interactions, 26 Apr. 2024
  • High sensitivity of a future search for effects of $P$-odd/$T$-odd interactions on the 0.75 eV $p$-wave resonance in $\overrightarrow{n}$+$^{139}\overrightarrow{\textrm{La } }$ forward transmission determined using a pulsed neutron beam
    Nakabe Rintaro*; Auton C. J.*; Endo Shunsuke; Fujioka Hiroyuki*; Gudkov V.*; Hirota Katsuya*; Ide Ikuo*; Ino Takashi*; Ishikado Motoyuki*; Kambara Wataru*; Kawamura Shihori; Kimura Atsushi; Kitaguchi Masaaki*; Kobayashi Ryuju*; Okamura Takahiro*; Oku Takayuki; Okudaira Takuya*; Okuizumi Mao*; Otero Munoz J. G.*; Parker J. D.*; Sakai Kenji; Shima Tatsushi*; Shimizu Hirohiko*; Shinohara Takenao; Snow W. M.*; Takada Shusuke*; Takahashi Ryuta*; Takahashi Shingo; Tsuchikawa Yusuke; Yoshioka Tamaki*, Neutron transmission experiments can offer a new type of highly sensitive search for time-reversal invariance violating (TRIV) effects in nucleon-nucleon interactions via the same enhancement mechanism observed for large parity violating (PV) effects in neutron-induced compound nuclear processes. In these compound processes, the TRIV cross-section is given as the product of the PV cross-section, a spin-factor $\kappa$, and a ratio of TRIV and PV matrix elements. We determined $\kappa$ to be 0.59 $\pm$ 0.05 for $^{139}$La+n using both (n, $\gamma$) spectroscopy and ($\overrightarrow{n}$+$^{139}\overrightarrow{\textrm{La } }$) transmission. This result quantifies for the first time the high sensitivity of the $^{139}$La 0.75 eV $p$-wave resonance in a future search for $P$-odd/$T$-odd interactions in ($\overrightarrow{n}$+$^{139}\overrightarrow{\textrm{La } }$) forward transmission.
    Physical Review C, Apr. 2024, [Reviewed]
  • Spin dependence in the $p$-wave resonance of $^{139}$\overrightarrow{\textrm{La } }+\overrightarrow{n}
    Okudaira Takuya*; Nakabe Rintaro*; Auton C. J.*; Endo Shunsuke; Fujioka Hiroyuki*; Gudkov V.*; Ide Ikuo*; Ino Takashi*; Ishikado Motoyuki*; Kambara Wataru*; Kawamura Shihori; Kobayashi Ryuju*; Kitaguchi Masaaki*; Okamura Takahiro*; Oku Takayuki; Otero Munoz J. G.*; Parker J. D.*; Sakai Kenji; Shima Tatsushi*; Shimizu Hirohiko*; Shinohara Takenao; Snow W. M.*; Takada Shusuke*; Tsuchikawa Yusuke; Takahashi Ryuta*; Takahashi Shingo; Yoshikawa Hiromoto*; Yoshioka Tamaki*, We measured the spin dependence in a neutron-induced p-wave resonance by using a polarized epithermal neutron beam and a polarized nuclear target. Our study focuses on the 0.75 eV $p$-wave resonance state of $^{139}$La+n, where largely enhanced parity violation has been observed. We determined the partial neutron width of the $p$-wave resonance by measuring the spin dependence of the neutron absorption cross section between polarized $^{139}$La and polarized neutrons. Our findings serve as a foundation for the quantitative study of the enhancement effect of the discrete symmetry violations caused by mixing between partial amplitudes in the compound nuclei.
    Physical Review C, Apr. 2024, [Reviewed]
  • Development of instruments for imaging of local magnetic structure by magnetic neutron holography
    Tomoya Kanno; Kenji Ohoyama; Hajime Nakada; Yuto Fukui; Kota Yamakawa; Shota Hoshi; Motoki Takano; Yodai Kobayashi; Yuka Tomimatsu; Shingo Takahashi; Takayuki Oku; Takuya Okudaira; Ryuju Kobayashi; Shusuke Takada; Masahide Harada; Kenichi Oikawa; Yasuhiro Inamura; Toetsu Shishido; Keisuke Sato; Kouichi Hayashi, Elsevier BV
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Apr. 2024
  • Study of Magnetic Environment for Neutron Spin Filters Using Polarized 3He at J-PARC and JRR-3
    Shusuke Takada; Masaki Fujita; Yu Goto; Takashi Honda; Kazutaka Ikeda; Yoichi Ikeda; Takashi Ino; Koji Kaneko; Ryuju Kobayashi; Manabu Okawara; Takayuki Oku; Takuya Okudaira; Toshiya Otomo; Shingo Takahashi, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
    Proceedings of 11th International Workshop on Sample Environment at Scattering Facilities (ISSE Workshop Nasu 2022), 01 Mar. 2024
  • Contrast dependence of scattering profiles for poly(ethylene glycol) in water; Investigation by small-angle neutron scattering with $^{3}$He spin filter and small-angle X-ray scattering
    Ryoki Akiyuki*; Watanabe Fumi*; Okudaira Takuya*; Takahashi Shingo*; Oku Takayuki; Hiroi Kosuke; Motokawa Ryuhei; Nakamura Yo*, Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements were performed for deuterated and non-deuterated poly(ethylene glycol) (d-PEG and h-PEG, respectively) in D$_{2}$O and a D$_{2}$O/H$_{2}$O mixed solvent (Mix) to compere the scattering profiles. To determine the coherent scattering intensity of SANS, a $^{3}$He spin filter was utilized. The scattering profiles determined by SANS measurements were analyzed in terms of the wormlike chain model with touched beads along the contour of the chain. However, the SAXS profiles were not explained by the same model with uniform beads but with beads each consisting of a core and a shell having different electron densities. To explore the chain thickness determined form the SANS profile, scattering intensities for different combinations of d-PEG/D$_{2}$O, d-PEG/Mix, h-PEG/D$_{2}$O, and h-PEG/Mix were also examined.
    Journal of Chemical Physics, Mar. 2024, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron transmission CB-KID imager using samples placed at room temperature
    Ishida Takekazu*; Vu TheDang*; Shishido Hiroaki*; Aizawa Kazuya; Oku Takayuki; Oikawa Kenichi; Harada Masahide; Kojima Kenji M*; Miyajima Shigeyuki*; Koyama Tomio*; Soyama Kazuhiko; Hidaka Mutsuo*; Suzuki Soh Y.*; Tanaka Manobu M*; Machida Masahiko; Kawamata Shuichi*, We built a new cryostat to apply a current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) for conducting neutron transmission imaging of room temperature samples under pulsed neutrons. A Wood's metal alloy of melting temperature 75.2$^{\circ}$C was placed at room temperature to inspect the measurement system at J-PARC. Since one of the four phases of Wood's metal is a fine Cd-rich needle phase (width $\sim$ 25 $\mu$m and length $\sim$ 5 mm), it is suitable for observing fine mosaic structure selectively by neutron imaging. The spatial resolution of the CB-KID imager was estimated as $\sim$ 10 $\mu$m by using a Gd Siemens-star pattern. The CB-KID system is useful to conduct transmission imaging for various materials rather easily at room temperature.
    Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Feb. 2024, [Reviewed]
  • Polarized Neutrons Observed Nanometer-Thick Crystalline Ice Plates in Frozen Glucose Solution.
    Takayuki Kumada; Hiroshi Nakagawa; Daisuke Miura; Yurina Sekine; Ryuhei Motokawa; Kosuke Hiroi; Yasuhiro Inamura; Takayuki Oku; Kazuki Ohishi; Toshiaki Morikawa; Yukihiko Kawamura; Kiyoshi Kawai, Spin-contrast-variation (SCV) small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a technique to determine the nanostructure of composite materials from the scattering of polarized neutrons that changes with proton polarization of samples. The SCV-SANS enabled us to determine structure of nanoice crystals that were generated in rapidly frozen sugar solutions by separating the overlapped signals from the nanoice crystals and frozen amorphous solutions. In the frozen glucose solution, we found that the nanoice crystals formed a planar structure with a radius larger than several tens of nanometers and a thickness of 2.5 ± 0.5 nm, which was close to the critical nucleation size of ice crystals in supercooled water. This result suggests that the glucose molecules were preferentially bound to a specific face of nanoice crystals and then blocked the crystal growth perpendicular to that face.
    The journal of physical chemistry letters, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Orientation mapping of YbSn$_{3}$ single crystals based on Bragg-dip analysis using a delay-line superconducting sensor
    Shishido Hiroaki*; Vu TheDang*; Aizawa Kazuya; Kojima Kenji M*; Koyama Tomio*; Oikawa Kenichi; Harada Masahide; Oku Takayuki; Soyama Kazuhiko; Miyajima Shigeyuki*; Hidaka Mutsuo*; Suzuki Soh Y.*; Tanaka Manobu M*; Kawamata Shuichi*; Ishida Takekazu*, Recent progress in high-power pulsed neutron sources has stimulated the development of the Bragg dip and Bragg edge analysis methods using a two-dimensional neutron detector with high temporal resolution to resolve the neutron energy by the time-of-flight method. A delay-line current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) is a two-dimensional superconducting sensor with a high temporal resolution and multi-hit capability. Here, it is demonstrated that a delay-line CB-KID with a $^{10}$B neutron conversion layer can be applied to high-spatial-resolution neutron transmission imaging and spectroscopy up to 100 eV. Dip structures are observed in the transmission spectra of YbSn$_{3}$ single crystals, induced by Bragg diffraction and nuclear resonance absorption. The orientation mapping of YbSn$_{3}$ crystals is successfully drawn based on the analysis of observed Bragg dip positions in the transmission spectra.
    Journal of Applied Crystallography, Aug. 2023, [Reviewed]
  • Crystalline Orientation of CaF2 window determined by Neutron Transmission Imaging using a Delay Line Current-Biased Kinetic-Inductance Detector
    Hiroaki Shishido; The Dang Vu; Kazuya Aizawa; Kenji M. Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y. Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Shuichi Kawamata; Takekazu Ishida, Abstract

    The combination of a high speed two-dimensional neutron detector and an intensive pulsed neutron source provides not only neutron transmission imaging but also information on crystal structures, orientations and constituent elements by analyzing neutron transmission spectra. The delay-line current-biased kinetic-inductance detector (CB-KID) is a two-dimensional superconducting neutron detector with high spatial and temporal resolutions, and multi-hit tolerance. We demonstrated that the delay-line CB-KID with a 10B neutron conversion layer can be applied for neutron transmission measurements up to 100 keV. We observed two-different dip structures in the transmission spectra in a CaF2 single crystal, i.e., one is from the Bragg diffraction and the other is from nuclear resonance absorption. We consider that some duplicated structures in resonance absorption dips are originating from a double-bunch structure of proton pulses for producing pulsed neutrons in the accelerator., IOP Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 01 Jul. 2023
  • Superconducting neutron transmission imaging for investigating a sequential change in phase separations of low-melting Wood’s metal
    The Dang Vu; Hiroaki Shishido; Kazuya Aizawa; Takayuki Oku; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Kenji M. Kojima; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Kazuhiko Soyama; Tomio Koyama; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y. Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Masahiko Machida; Shuichi Kawamata; Takekazu Ishida, Abstract

    We built a new cryostat system for a current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) to be able to place a sample at room temperature for conducting the neutron transmission imaging experiments with pulsed neutrons. A Wood’s metal alloy sample (Bi 50wt.%, Pb 25wt.%, Sn 12.5wt.%, Cd 12.5wt.%) of melting temperature 75.2°C was used to check a practical test by observing fine microstructures under beam power of 812 kW at beamline BL10 of J-PARC (MLF). The Wood’s metal is composed of four phases, of which one is a Cd-rich needle-like phase of an average width of 25 µm and length of 5 mm. Since Cd is a strong neutron absorber, it is suitable for observing the fine mosaic structure contrastingly in neutron transmission imaging. After neutron-transmission imaging with the Wood’s metal in the initial state, we subsequently melted the Wood’s metal sample and solidified it again by slow cooling during the same beam time. We were successful in observing an impressive change in morphology of the phases by neutron-transmission imaging. Room-temperature sample imaging is very convenient for possible users, and is expected to be very useful for applying our CB-KID system to versatile different materials of interests., IOP Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 01 Jul. 2023
  • The first polarized neutron diffraction experiment at the time-of-flight single crystal neutron diffractometer SENJU at J-PARC
    S Takahashi; R Kiyanagi; R Kobayashi; T Okudaira; T Ino; J Suzuki; K Kakurai; T Oku, Abstract

    The 3He spin filter has been developed to use pulsed neutrons effectively at J-PARC MLF. In this study, the 3He spin filter was installed in the single crystal neutron diffractometer (BL18 SENJU) at J-PARC MLF as a polarizer of the incident beam, and Half-polarized neutron diffraction experiments were performed. The 3He spin filter was used the ”drop-in cell” method with cells that had a relaxation time of 150 hours in the past experiments. The sample was a single crystal of Heusler crystal Cu2MnAl and the sample magnetic field was 0.3 T. The intensities of (111) Bragg peaks of Cu2MnAl were drastically changed with the polarity of the incident neutron beam, and the flipping ratio of 21.7 at 3.6 Å was observed. The experimental setup and the performance of the 3He spin filter used in this experiment are described in detail in this paper., IOP Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 01 Apr. 2023
  • Status of the new muonic helium atom HFS measurements at J-PARC MUSE
    P Strasser; S Fukumura; T Ino; R Iwai; S Kanda; S Kawamura; M Kitaguchi; S Nishimura; T Oku; T Okudaira; S Seo; H M Shimizu; K Shimizu; K Shimomura; H Tada; T Tanaka; H A Torii; H Yamauchi; H Yasuda, Abstract
    Measurements of the muonic helium atom hyperfine structure (HFS) are a sensitive tool to test the theory of three-body atomic systems and bound-state quantum electrodynamics (QED) and to determine fundamental constants of the negative muon magnetic moment and mass. The world’s most intense pulsed negative muon beam at J-PARC MUSE brings an opportunity to improve previous measurements and test further CPT invariance by comparing the magnetic moments and masses of positive and negative muons. Test measurements at D-line are now in progress utilizing MuSEUM apparatus at zero field. The first results already have better accuracy than previous measurements in the 1980s. Also, the investigation of a new experimental approach to improve HFS measurements by repolarizing muonic helium atoms using a spin-exchange optical pumping (SEOP) technique was started. If successful, this would drastically improve the measurement accuracy., {IOP} Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 01 Mar. 2023
  • Optically Polarized Alkali Metal Cell for Muonic Helium Measurements
    Takashi Ino; Seiso Fukumura; Patrick Strasser; Masaki Fujita; Yoichi Ikeda; Sohtaro Kanda; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Shoichiro Nishimura; Takayuki Oku; Takuya Okudaira; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Koichiro Shimomura, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
    Proceedings of the 24th International Spin Symposium (SPIN2021), 26 Dec. 2022
  • Measurement of the transverse asymmetry of $\gamma$ rays in the $^{117}$Sn($n,\gamma$)$^{118}$Sn reaction
    Endo Shunsuke; Okudaira Takuya*; Abe Ryota*; Fujioka Hiroyuki*; Hirota Katsuya*; Kimura Atsushi; Kitaguchi Masaaki*; Oku Takayuki; Sakai Kenji; Shima Tatsushi*; Shimizu Hirohiko*; Takada Shusuke*; Takahashi Shingo*; Yamamoto Tomoki*; Yoshikawa Hiromoto*; Yoshioka Tamaki*, Largely enhanced parity-violating effects observed in compound resonances induced by epithermal neutrons are currently attributed to the mixing of parity-unfavored partial amplitudes in the entrance channel of the compound states. Furthermore, it is proposed that the same mechanism that enhances the parity violation also enhances the breaking of time-reversal invariance in the compound nucleus. The entrance-channel mixing induces energy-dependent spin-angular correlations of individual γ rays emitted from the compound nuclear state. For a detailed study of the mixing model, the γ-ray yield in the reaction of Sn117(n,γ)Sn118 was measured using a pulsed beam of polarized epithermal neutrons and Ge detectors. An angular dependence of asymmetric γ-ray yields for the orientation of the neutron polarization was observed.
    Physical Review C, Dec. 2022, [Reviewed]
  • Structure analysis of a buried interface between organic and porous inorganic layers using spin-contrast-variation neutron reflectivity
    Kumada Takayuki; Miura Daisuke*; Akutsu Kazuhiro*; Oishi Kazuki*; Morikawa Toshiaki*; Kawamura Yukihiko*; Suzuki Junichi*; Oku Takayuki; Torikai Naoya*; Niizeki Tomotake*, Spin-contrast-variation neutron reflectivity obtains multiple reflectivity curves from a single sample and a single beam source. We used the strong point of the technique to reveal that, although methylated-perhydropolysilazane-derived silica layer has a higher porosity near the interface with acrylic urethane resin, the resin did not permeate the pore network., International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
    Journal of Applied Crystallography, Oct. 2022, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron Imaging toward Epithermal Regime using a Delay Line Current-Biased Kinetic-Inductance Detector
    Hiroaki Shishido; The Dang Vu; Kazuya Aizawa; Kenji M. Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y. Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Shuichi Kawamata; Takekazu Ishida, Abstract

    Wide energy range neutron imaging and spectroscopy in a single experiment without changing the setup is available by a combination of a high-power pulsed neutron source and fast operating neutron detector. The delay-line current-biased kinetic-inductance detector (CB-KID) is a two-dimensional superconducting detector with high spatial and temporal resolutions, and multi-hit tolerance. We demonstrate that the delay-line CB-KID with 10B neutron conversion layer is applicable for neutron imaging and spectroscopy up to the neutron energy of 100 eV. High spatial neutron transmission image for a Sm-Sn mixed metal is successfully constructed below 0.3 eV. Concomitantly, we examine the neutron transmission up to 100 eV and identify observed resonance dips by Sm nuclei., IOP Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 01 Aug. 2022
  • Narrow-area Bragg-edge transmission of iron samples using superconducting neutron sensor
    The Dang Vu; Hiroaki Shishido; Kazuya Aizawa; Takayuki Oku; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Kenji M. Kojima; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Kazuhiko Soyama; Tomio Koyama; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y. Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Alex Malins; Masahiko Machida; Takekazu Ishida, Abstract

    This study investigates a current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) performance by investigating Bragg-edge spectra from the restricted-area neuron transmission of materials. Iron samples with a size of 5 × 5 ×2 mm3 were used as typical test materials. The ergodic theorem was used to obtain a visible transmission spectrum so that a long-time averaging of a transmission spectrum can alternatively be evaluated using a space average of independently selected area spectra with the same ensemble size. The most visible edges were observed with a limited area sample of 0.43 mm2 using a minimum time bin of 25 μs in a time-of-flight (ToF) spectrum or a wavelength resolution of 0.0007 nm of each neutron pulse at beamline BL10 of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) center. The main Bragg edge of iron as a sum of random 100 ensembles (with an ensemble size of 3.1 × 2.3 μm2) thus obtained has a distinctive signal-to-noise ratio and can be fitted well with the Rietveld Imaging of Transmission Spectra (RITS) program with Miller indices. We consider that our CB-KID system is, in principle, able to analyze the Bragg edge of samples as small as 3.1 × 2.3 μm2., IOP Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 01 Aug. 2022
  • Proposal for new measurements of muonic helium hyperfine structure at J-PARC
    Seiso Fukumura; Patrick Strasser; Takashi Ino; Takayuki Oku; Takuya Okudaira; Sohtaro Kanda; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Koichiro Shimomura; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Hiroyuki A. Torii; Shoichiro Nishimura, The measurement of the ground state hyperfine structure of muonic helium has the potential to improve the precision of the mass of the negative muon by a factor of 50 or more. The mass of the negative muon is very important because it enables us to test the CPT theorem by comparison with positive muon mass. We aim to measure the hyperfine structure of muonic helium with a precision 1000 times higher than previous experiments [1,2] using the highintensity muon beam at J-PARC and have already obtained results better than the current precision in zero-field measurements in a test experiment in March 2021. To further improve the precision, we plan to measure in a high magnetic field and incorporate a technique that can produce highly polarized muonic helium atom [3]. In this paper, we will report on these developments., EDP Sciences
    EPJ Web of Conferences, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Erratum: Transverse asymmetry of γ rays from neutron-induced compound states of 140La (Physical Review C (2020) 101 (064624) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.101.064624)
    T. Yamamoto; T. Okudaira; S. Endo; H. Fujioka; K. Hirota; T. Ino; K. Ishizaki; A. Kimura; M. Kitaguchi; J. Koga; S. Makise; Y. Niinomi; T. Oku; K. Sakai; T. Shima; H. M. Shimizu; S. Takada; Y. Tani; H. Yoshikawa; T. Yoshioka, We correct the sign of thetraverse asymmetry ALR in our previous paper The transverse asymmetry is derived from the correlation term snk? , where sn and k? are polarization of incident neutrons and momentum of emitted ? rays, respectively. The neutron polarization direction was determined using two measurements: (1) the measurement of the polarization direction of the circularly polarized laser which is used to polarize the 3He nuclei of the neutron polarizer, and (2) the measurement of the neutron polarization direction as it passes through the 3He neutron polarizer using a magnetic supermirror. However, in (1), the relation between the direction of the circular polarization and the spin of photons was misevaluated. Additionally, in (2), the relation between the neutron polarization direction reflected by the magnetic supermirror and the magnetic field applied to the magnetic supermirror was also misevaluated. Upon reevaluation we have deduced that the neutron polarization direction during the experiment was opposite to what was previously reported, and, hence, the sign of ALR should be reversed. As supporting evidence, the direction of the circular polarization of our laser system was obtained by measuring the electric paramagnetic resonance signal of Rb during laser pumping. The neutron polarization direction was also determined from the measurement of the parity violation at the 0.74-eV p-wave resonance of 139 La + n using our 3He neutron polarizer. These results also support that the neutron polarization direction was opposite to what was previously reported. Consequently, the transverse asymmetries for ? rays emitted in the transition from the 0.74-eV p-wave resonance to the ground state and inclusive ? rays are newly obtained as Agnd LR = - 0.60 ± 0.19 and Ainc LR = - 0.0045 ± 0.0080 , respectively. Similarly, Figs. 9, 11, 13, and 15 in the original paper should be replaced as Figs. 9, 11, 13, and 15 in this Erratum, respectively. The corrections do not affect results and conclusions of the original article. (Figure Presented).
    Physical Review C, Mar. 2022
  • High Spatial Resolution Neutron Transmission Imaging Using a Superconducting Two-Dimensional Detector
    Hiroaki Shishido; Kazuma Nishimura; The Dang Vu; Kazuya Aizawa; Kenji M. Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y. Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Shuichi Kawamata; Takekazu Ishida, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Dec. 2021
  • Practical tests of neutron transmission imaging with a superconducting kinetic-inductance sensor
    The Dang Vu; Hiroaki Shishido; Kazuya Aizawa; Kenji M. Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y. Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Alex Malins; Masahiko Machida; Shuichi Kawamata; Takekazu Ishida, Elsevier BV
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Aug. 2021
  • Neutron Imaging for Intermetallic Alloy using a Delay Line Current-Biased Kinetic-Inductance Detector
    Hiroaki Shishido; The Dang Vu; Kazuya Aizawa; Kenji M. Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y. Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Shuichi Kawamata; Takekazu Ishida, Abstract

    The current-biased kinetic-inductance detector (CB-KID) is a solid-state superconducting neutron detector with high spatial and temporal resolutions, and multi-hit tolerance. We demonstrate high temperature operation of CB-KID at 7.9 K with the delay-line method. High temperature operation reduces imaging pixel size by suppressing signal propagation velocity. High spatial neutron transmission image for a mixed metal alloy consisting of heavy elements Sm and Sn is successfully constructed. We also examine the capability of element discrimination imaging based on the resonance dip analysis., IOP Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 01 Jul. 2021
  • Polarization analysis for small-angle neutron scattering with a 3He spin filter at a pulsed neutron source
    Takuya Okudaira; Yuki Ueda; Kosuke Hiroi; Ryuhei Motokawa; Yasuhiro Inamura; Shin-ichi Takata; Takayuki Oku; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Shingo Takahashi; Hitoshi Endo; Hiroki Iwase, Neutron polarization analysis (NPA) for small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments using a pulsed neutron source was successfully achieved by applying a 3He spin filter as a spin analyzer for the neutrons scattered from the sample. The cell of the 3He spin filter gives a weak small-angle scattering intensity (background) and covers a sufficient solid angle for performing SANS experiments. The relaxation time of the 3He polarization is sufficient for continuous use for approximately 2 days, thus reaching the typical duration required for a complete set of SANS experiments. Although accurate evaluation of the incoherent neutron scattering, which is predominantly attributable to the extremely large incoherent scattering cross section of hydrogen atoms in samples, is difficult using calculations based on the sample elemental composition, the developed NPA approach with consideration of the influence of multiple neutron scattering enabled reliable decomposition of the SANS intensity distribution into the coherent and incoherent scattering components. To date, NPA has not been well established as a standard technique for SANS experiments at pulsed neutron sources such as the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) and the US Spallation Neutron Source. It is anticipated that this work will contribute significantly to the accurate determination of the coherent neutron scattering component for scatterers in various types of organic sample systems in SANS experiments at J-PARC, particularly for systems involving competition between the coherent and incoherent scattering intensity., International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
    Journal of Applied Crystallography, 01 Apr. 2021
  • Study of Neutron–Nuclear Spin Correlation Term with a Polarized Xe Target
    Kenji Sakai; Takayuki Oku; Takuya Okudaira; Tetsuya Kai; Masahide Harada; Kosuke Hiroi; Hirotoshi Hayashida; Kazuhisa Kakurai; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Katsuya Hirota; Tomoki Yamamoto; Takashi Ino, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
    Proceedings of the 3rd J-PARC Symposium (J-PARC2019), 26 Mar. 2021
  • Homogeneity of neutron transmission imaging over a large sensitive area with a four-channel superconducting detector
    THE DANG VU; Hiroaki Shishido; Kenji M Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Kazuya Aizawa; Mutsuo Hidaka; Soh Y Suzuki; Manobu M. Tanaka; Alex Malins; Masahiko Machida; Takekazu Ishida, IOP Publishing
    Superconductor Science and Technology, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Development of an in Situ 3He NSF Using SEOP Technique with an Evaluation System for the Pulsed Neutron Source
    T. Okudaira; T. Oku; K. Sakai; T. Ino; H. Hayashida; K. Hiroi; T. Shinohara; K. Kakurai; K. Aizawa, Pleiades Publishing Ltd
    Journal of Surface Investigation: X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques, Oct. 2020
  • Development and application of a 3He Neutron Spin Filter at J-PARC
    T. Okudaira; T. Oku; T. Ino; H. Hayashida; H. Kira; K. Sakai; K. Hiroi; S. Takahashi; K. Aizawa; H. Endo; S. Endo; M. Hino; K. Hirota; T. Honda; K. Ikeda; K. Kakurai; W. Kambara; M. Kitaguchi; T. Oda; H. Ohshita; T. Otomo; H.M. Shimizu; T. Shinohara; J. Suzuki; T. Yamamoto, Elsevier BV
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Oct. 2020
  • Energy-Resolved Neutron Imaging using a Delay Line Current-Biased Kinetic-Inductance Detector
    Hiroaki Shishido; Kazuma Nishimura; The Dang Vu; Kenji M. Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Kazuya Aizawa; Soh Y. Suzuki; Takekazu Ishida, IOP Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Jul. 2020
  • Kinetic inductance neutron detector operated at near critical temperature
    The Dang Vu; Kazuma Nishimura; Hiroaki Shishido; Masahide Harada; Kenichi Oikawa; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Kazuya Aizawa; Kenji M Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Alex Malins; Masahiko Machida; Takekazu Ishida, IOP Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Jul. 2020
  • Transverse asymmetry of gamma rays from neutron -induced compound states of La-140
    T. Yamamoto; T. Okudaira; S. Endo; H. Fujioka; K. Hirota; T. Ino; K. Ishizaki; A. Kimura; M. Kitaguchi; J. Koga; S. Makise; Y. Niinomi; T. Oku; K. Sakai; T. Shima; H. M. Shimizu; S. Takada; Y. Tani; H. Yoshikawa; T. Yoshioka, An sp-mixing model, which describes a compound nuclear reaction by mixing partial waves, predicts a correlation term in this reaction. A detailed study of the sp-mixing model is required to study the feasibility of a new type of time reversal symmetry violation search experiment. The correlation term sigma(n) center dot (k(n) x k(gamma)) in the La-139((n) over right arrow,gamma) reaction has been studied by measuring gamma-ray and neutron energies utilizing epithermal polarized neutrons and germanium detectors. The transverse asymmetry for single gamma-ray transition was measured to be 0.60 +/- 0.19 in the p-wave resonance., AMER PHYSICAL SOC
    PHYSICAL REVIEW C, Jun. 2020
  • Experimental test of 3He neutron-spin filter in MIEZE spectrometer
    H. Hayashida; M. Hino; H. Endo; T. Oku; T. Okudaira; K. Sakai; T. Oda, © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. A modulated intensity by zero effort (MIEZE) spectrometer is a type of neutron-resonance spin-echo spectrometer and can be used to analyze the slow dynamics of condensed matter by measuring the intermediate scattering function I(Q,τ). A crucial feature of a MIEZE spectrometer is it leaves completely free the space between the sample and the detector because the sample is placed after the neutron-spin analyzer. Measuring the magnetic dynamics with a conventional neutron-spin-echo spectrometer is difficult, but with a MIEZE spectrometer such a measurement may be done simply by introducing a second analyzer after the sample. Measuring the magnetic dynamics with high precision requires the background to be reduced to a minimum and is a job for which a 3He neutron-spin filter (3He-NSF) is a promising candidate as a second analyzer. However, one difficulty with this approach is the diffusion of 3He gas from the 3He-NSF, which may be measured and interpreted as dynamics. Therefore, we investigate herein whether the dynamics of gas diffusion is detected when using a 3He-NSF as second analyzer in a MIEZE spectrometer. Toward this end, we experimented with the MIEZE spectrometer installed at beamline 06 (BL06) at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC MLF). The results confirm that the gas-diffusion dynamics of the 3He-NSF are not detected, and that the 3He-NSF, therefore, can be used as a second analyzer in this MIEZE spectrometer.
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 11 Dec. 2019, [Reviewed]
  • Measurement of the angular distribution of γ-rays after neutron capture by 139La for a T-violation search
    Takuya Okudaira; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Katsuya Hirota; Christopher C. Haddock; Ikuya Ito; Tomoki Yamamoto; Shunsuke Endo; Kohei Ishizaki; Takumi Sato; Shusuke Takada; Jun Koga; Tamaki Yoshioka; Takashi Ino; Kouichiro Asahi; Takamasa Momose; Takahiro Iwata; Takayuki Oku; Kenji Sakai; Atsushi Kimura; Taro Nakao; Masanori Hino; Tatsushi Shima; Yutaka Yamagata, EDP Sciences
    EPJ Web of Conferences, Dec. 2019, [Reviewed]
  • Energy-resolved neutron imaging with high spatial resolution using a superconducting delay-line kinetic inductance detector
    Yuki Iizawa; Hiroaki Shishido; Kazuma Nishimura; The Dang Vu; Kenji M Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Kazuya Aizawa; Soh Y Suzuki; Takekazu Ishida, Neutron imaging is one of the key technologies for non-destructive

    transmission testing. Recent progress in the development of intensive neutron sources

    allows us to perform energy-resolved neutron imaging with high spatial resolution.

    Substantial efforts have been devoted to developing a high spatial and temporal

    resolution neutron imager. We have been developing a neutron imager aiming at

    conducting high spatial and temporal resolution imaging based on a delay-line neutron

    detector, called the current-biased kinetic-inductance detector, with a conversion layer

    10B. The detector allowed us to obtain a neutron transmission image with four signal

    readout lines. Herein, we expanded the sensor active area, and improved the spatial

    resolution of the detector. We examined the capability of high spatial resolution

    neutron imaging over the sensor active area of 15 × 15 mm2

    for various samples,including biological and metal ones. We also demonstrated an energy-resolved neutron

    image in which stainless-steel specimens were discriminating of other specimens with

    the aid of the Bragg edge transmission.
    Superconductor Science and Technology, Oct. 2019, [Reviewed]
  • Temperature dependent characteristics of neutron signals from a current-biased Nb nanowire detector with 10 B converter
    Vu The Dang; Yuki Iizawa; Kazuma Nishimura; Hiroaki Shishido; Kenji M Kojima; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Kazuya Aizawa; Tomio Koyama; Takekazu Ishida, We are developing a new type of the neutron imager based on a superconducting

    neutron detector. We previously succeeded in constructing and demonstrating neutron detection

    capability of a superconducting current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID). In order

    to improve the spatial resolution and detection efficiency, the characteristics of a

    superconducting neutron detector have been studied systematically in the present work. As an

    extension of studying the characteristics of neutron detector, we investigated temperature

    dependence of neutron signal such as propagation velocity and the signal amplitude as a function

    of time of flight (ToF) with temperature. We consider that it is important to understand the

    temperature dependence of the signal to improve the spatial resolution and detection efficiency

    of a superconducting neutron detector.
    Journal of Physics Conference Series, Sep. 2019, [Reviewed]
  • Highlight of recent sample environment at J-PARC MLF
    Seiko Ohira-Kawamura; Takanori Hattori; Stefanus Harjo; Kazutaka Ikeda; Noboru Miyata; Tsukasa Miyazaki; Hiroyuki Aoki; Masao Watanabe; Yoshifumi Sakaguchi; Takayuki Oku
    Neutron News, 02 Jan. 2019, [Reviewed]
  • Measurement of P-Violation in 139La(n,γ)140La – a first step towards a T-Violation search
    Tomoki Yamamoto; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Katsuya Hirota; Christopher C. Haddock; Shunsuke Endo; Kohei Ishizaki; Takumi Sato; Shusuke Takada; Jun Koga; Tamaki Yoshioka; Takashi Ino; Koichiro Asahi; Takamasa Momose; Takahiro Iwata; Kenji Sakai; Takuya Okudaira; Takayuki Oku; Atsushi Kimura; Masahiro Hino; Tatsushi Shima; Yutaka Yamagata, We performed a polarized neutron transmission asymmetry measurement utilizing the 139La(n,γ)140La reaction. This measurement involved the use of a recently developed 3He spin filter mounted on the J-PARC MLF beam line number 4 (BL04). The resulting value of the longitudinal asymmetry AL = (11.7 ± 1.1)% was found to be in good agreement with existing values in the literature suggesting that the method by which we polarize the neutron beam is not a significant source of uncertainty. This preliminary work represents a first step toward future measurements of the angular correlation in (,Υ) reactions necessary in the search for enhanced T-Violation in compound nuclei., {EDP} Sciences
    EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019, [Reviewed]
  • Verification of the compound nuclear model for T-violation search
    T. Yamamoto; H. M. Shimizu; K. Ishizaki; Y. Niinomi; M. Kitaguchi; S. Takada; J. Koga; S. Makise; T. Yoshioka; A. Kimura; K. Sakai; T. Oku; T. Okudaira; S. Endo; Y. Tani; H. Fujioka; H. Yoshikawa; K. Hirota; T. Shima, Large sources of parity violation have been observed in compound nuclear reactions. These enhancements are described by the compound nuclear model, which can be used to describe the angular correlation of γ-rays produced in (n; γ) reactions in medium-heavy nuclei. It has also been suggested that these same reactions could lead to a similar enhancement in time reversal violating processes. Therefore, we are interested in verifying the compound nuclear model by studying the (n; γ) reaction using polarized neutrons. In this paper, we discuss the installation and characterization of a neutron polarizer used in the (n; γ) measurement with transversely polarized neutrons.
    Proceedings of Science, 2019
  • Development of the neutron polarizer for the T-violation search using compound nuclei
    T. Okudaira; T. Oku; K. Sakai; T. Ino; H. Hayashida; K. Hiroi; T. Shinohara; K. Kakurai; K. Aizawa; H. M. Shimizu; M. Kitaguchi; T. Yamamoto, © Copyright owned by the author(s). The fundamental parity violation is enhanced by 106 times at maximum in several neutron induced compound nuclei. There is a theoretical prediction that fundamental T-violating effects can be also largely enhanced in compound nuclei implying that T-violation can be searched for by making very sensitive measurements. A T-violation search experiment using compound nuclei is planned at J-PARC. Polarized epithermal neutron beam, polarized nuclear target, and high count rate neutron detector are necessary for the experiment, and therefore a development of the neutron polarizer using polarized 3He is ongoing at J-PARC in JAEA. Recently, a clean vacuum system to fabricate 3He spin filters was constructed, and several 3He spin filters were fabricated. The current status of the development of the 3He spin filter was reported.
    Proceedings of Science, 2019, [Reviewed]
  • Cryogenic sample environments shared at the MLF, J-PARC
    Seiko Ohira-Kawamura; Ryuta Takahashi; Motoyuki Ishikado; Yasuhiro Yamauchi; Masatoshi Nakamura; Keiichi Ohuchi; Hiroshi Kira; Wataru Kambara; Kazuhiro Aoyama; Yoshifumi Sakaguchi; Masao Watanabe; Takayuki Oku, © 2019 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. We present the status of the low-temperature devices shared by several neutron instruments of the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF), J-PARC. In recent years, the Cryogenics and Magnets group of the Sample Environment (SE) team has introduced three cryostats at the MLF: a top-loading 4He cryostat, a bottom-loading 3He cryostat, and a 3He-4He dilution refrigerator insert. The group also manages a superconducting magnet which entered into service in 2012. Progress has been made with these SE, including the development of a new system for controlling the 3He cryostat and an oscillating radial collimator for using efficiently the superconducting magnet. These innovations have significantly increased the frequency with which these cryostats and magnet are used. During the last Japanese fiscal year, some of them were used approximately half of the total number of days of beam operation.
    Journal of Neutron Research, 2019, [Reviewed]
  • Measurement of Angular Distributions in 139La(n,γ) Reaction for T violation Search
    T. Okudaira; H; M. Shimizu; M. Kitaguchi; K. Hirota; C. C. Haddock; N. Oi; I. Ito; T. Yamamoto; S. Endo; S. Takada; J. Koga; T. Yoshioka; T. Ino; K. Asahi; T. Momose; T. Iwata; K. Sakai; T. Oku; A. Kimura; M. Hino; T. Shima; Y. Yamagata
    JPS Conference Proceedings, Nov. 2018, [Reviewed]
  • High-Speed Neutron Imaging Using a Current-Biased Delay-Line Detector of Kinetic Inductance
    Hiroaki Shishido; Yuya Miki; Hiroyuki Yamaguchi; Yuki Iizawa; Vu The Dang; Kenji M. Kojima; Tomio Koyama; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Soh Y. Suzuki; Takekazu Ishida, © 2018 American Physical Society. We demonstrate the development of a high-speed neutron-imaging system via a solid-state superconducting detector. Our developed system, a current-biased kinetic-inductance detector (CBKID), operates in a delay-line mode to identify the position of a local hot spot in terms of four different arrival time stamps at the ends of the delay lines. Our detector comprises X and Y superconducting Nb meander lines, which are fed by a weak dc current, and a B10 conversion layer, which converts a neutron into two charged particles. The high-energy light ions (He4 or Li7) in the B10(n,α)7Li reaction are able to create two hot spots simultaneously in the X and Y meanders. A pair of electromagnetic-wave pulses are generated at the hot spot and signals of different polarities start propagating on each of the X and Y meanders toward the ends. The position of the original hot spot is determined by the difference in arrival time of the two pulses at the two ends. To measure the arrival times of the pulse signals, we developed a set of analog signal discriminators from the preset threshold levels using a time-to-digital converter (TDC), which is able to record the timing of the propagated pulses with 1-ns resolution over a time frame of 4.2 s. We successfully reconstructed the neutron image of a test pattern with a spatial resolution of 22 μm and a detection rate tolerance of a few 10 MHz/cm2., AMER PHYSICAL SOC
    Physical Review Applied, 17 Oct. 2018
  • Physical characteristics of delay-line current-biased kinetic inductance detector
    Yuki Iizawa; Hiroyuki Yamaguchi; Yuya Miki; Kazuma Nishimura; Hiroaki Shishido; Kenji M. Kojima; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Tomio Koyama; Takekazu Ishida, © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Our preceding works reported the development of a high spatial and temporal resolution imaging system by using a current biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) with the use of a delay-line technique. We called this system as a delay-line CB-KID, and succeeded in imaging of neutron events caused by the nuclear reaction and hot spots produced by using the delay-line CB-KID system. It was essentially important for our proposal to use a superconducting stripline to guide the pulsed signal where the signal propagates at a constant fast velocity along the stripline. In the present study, we intend to measure a propagation velocity of the signal along the stripline precisely to compare with the theoretical prediction of the signal propagation, which was recently developed with a superconducting waveguide S-I-S model by Koyama and Ishida [11]. Our present measurements showed a good agreement between the theoretical predictions and the experimental results on the propagation velocity as a function of temperature.
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 26 Jul. 2018
  • Neutron signal features of Nb-based kinetic inductance detector with 10 B convertor
    Yuya Miki; Hiroyuki Yamaguchi; Yuki Iizawa; Hiroaki Shishido; Kenji M. Kojima; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Mutsuo Hidaka; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhiko Soyama; Takekazu Ishida, © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. In our preceding works, we demonstrated successful neutron detection using a superconducting current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID), which is composed of two Nb-based superconducting meanderlines and the 10 B neutron absorption layer. The CB-KID with a 10 B absorption layer outputs the voltage pulses when it is irradiated by pulsed neutrons. We expected that the voltage V is proportional to a product of the bias current I b and a time derivative of the local kinetic inductance dΔL k /dt, and a pair of signals propagate along the Nb stripline as an electromagnetic wave at a certain fraction of the light velocity c toward end electrodes. It still remains to be revealed why the signal voltage shows such a continuum in the histogram of the signal height even if the incident energy of the light ion is apparently monochromatic. In the present work, we investigated the distribution of the height and width of the signal. We found a clear correlation between height and width, which might be a key of understanding the operating principle of our detector. We consider that the origin of the signal distribution is due to the positional dependence of the light ion bombardment with respect to the meandering Nb nanowire.
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 26 Jul. 2018
  • The development of polarized target for T-Violation search in a compound nucleus
    Ishizaki Kohei; Yoshioka Tamaki; Ino Takashi; Haddock Christopher; Asahi Koichiro; Momose Takamasa; Iwata Takahiro; Sakai Kenji; Kimura Atsushi; Okudaira Takuya; Oku Takayuki; Shimizu Hirohiko M.; Hino Masahiro; Shima Tatsushi; Yamagata Yutaka; Kitaguchi Masaaki; Hirota Katsuya; Yamamoto Tomoki; Endo Shunsuke; Sato Takumi; Takada Shusuke; Koga Jun, The Physical Society of Japan
    Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 2018
  • The International Conference on Neutron Optics (NOP2017) in Nara
    Yoshiaki Kiyanagi; Kazuhisa Kakurai; Hirohiko Shimizu; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Takayuki Oku, Taylor and Francis Inc.
    Neutron News, 02 Oct. 2017, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron detection using the superconducting Nb-based current-biased kinetic inductance detector
    Hiroaki Shishido; Hiroyuki Yamaguchi; Yuya Miki; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Mutsuo Hidaka; Takayuki Oku; Masatoshi Arai; Akira Fujimaki; Takekazu Ishida, We demonstrate neutron detection using a solid-state He-3-free superconducting current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID), which consists of a superconducting Nb meander line and B-10 neutron absorption layer. The CB-KID is based on the transient process of kinetic inductance of Cooper pairs induced by the nuclear reaction between B-10 and neutrons. Therefore, the CB-KID can be operated in a wide superconducting region in the bias current-temperature diagram, as demonstrated in this paper. The transient change of the kinetic inductance induces the electromagnetic wave pulse under a DC bias current. The signal propagates along the meander line toward both sides with opposite polarity, where the signal polarity is dominated by the bias current direction. The full width at half maximum of the signals remains on the order of a few tens of ns, which confirms the high-speed operation of our detectors. We determine the neutron incident position within 1.3 mm accuracy in one dimension using the multichannel CB-KIDs., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Sep. 2017, [Reviewed]
  • Developments of high count rate neutron detector for T-Violation search
    Endo Shunsuke; Takada Shusuke; Koga Jun; Yoshioka Tamaki; Ino Takashi; Asahi Koichiro; Momose Takamasa; Iwata Takahiro; Sakai Kenji; Oku Takayuki; Kimura Atsushi; Shimizu Hirohiko M.; Hino Masahiro; Shima Tatsushi; Yamagata Yutaka; Kitaguchi Masaaki; Hirota Katsuya; Okudaira Takuya; Oi Noriko; Ito Ikuya; Yamamoto Tomoki; Haddock Christopher, The Physical Society of Japan
    Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, Jan. 2017
  • Development of an in-situ SEOP 3He Neutron Spin Filter for Magnetic Imaging Techniques
    H. Hayashida; K. Hiroi; T. Oku; H. Kira; K. Sakai; T. Shinohara; T. Kai; J. D. Parker; Y. Matsumoto; S. Y. Zhang; T. Ino; M. Ohkawara; K. Kakurai, We have been developing a 3He neutron spin filter (NSF) using a spin exchange optical pumping (SEOP) technique. The 3He NSF provides a high-energy polarized neutron beam with large beam size. A high-energy polarized neutron beam, which is more difficult to produce with commonly used magnetic supermirror-based polarizers, is an effective probe for magnetic imaging techniques, particularly in the case of strong magnetic fields. Additionally, an in-situ SEOP system enables us to produce a polarized neutron beam with stable polarization, which is big advantage for experiments with long measurement times. In this study, we installed two in-situ SEOP systems as a neutron spin polarizer and analyzer providing a stable high-energy polarized neutron beam over several days.
    Physics Procedia, 2017, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron flux spectrum revealed by Nb-based current-biased kinetic inductance detector with a B-10 conversion layer
    Shigeyuki Miyajima; Hiroaki Shishido; Yoshito Narukami; Naohito Yoshioka; Akira Fujimaki; Mutsuo Hidaka; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Takayuki Oku; Masatoshi Arai; Takekazu Ishida, We successfully derived the time-dependent flux of pulsed neutrons using a superconducting Nb-based current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) with a B-10 conversion layer at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. Our CB-KID is a meander line made of a 40-nm-thick Nb thin film with 1 - mu m line width, which is covered with a 150-nm-thick B-10 conversion layer. The detector works at a temperature below 4 K. The evaluated detection efficiency of the CB-KID in this experiment is 0.23% at the neutron energy of 25.4 meV. The time-dependent flux spectra of pulsed neutrons thus obtained are in good agreement with the results obtained by the Monte Carlo simulations., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Jan. 2017, [Reviewed]
  • Sample environment at the J-PARC MLF
    S. Ohira-Kawamura; T. Oku; M. Watanabe; R. Takahashi; K. Munakata; S. Takata; Y. Sakaguchi; M. Ishikado; K. Ohuchi; T. Hattori; H. Kira; K. Sakai; T. Aso; Y. Yamauchi; S. Isomae, © 2017 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. At the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility in the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, a total of 14 members have participated in the Sample Environment (SE) team since April 2016, including members of the newly joined 3He Neutron Spin Filter Group. The SE equipment commonly used at the beamlines has been prepared by the SE team, while each beamline has prepared some devices that can be adapted to the instrument's own characteristics and, as such, be useful for the research fields that have been promoted at the beamlines. In addition to existing devices, the SE team has recently introduced new environments, such as a pulsed magnet, a light irradiation system, and a neutron spin filter. In 2015, a new building, the J-PARC Research Building, was inaugurated. This building includes a number of specialized laboratories for sample preparation, sample characterization, SE commissioning, biological and chemical deuteration, development of neutron optical devices and so on.
    Journal of Neutron Research, 2017, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a polarized He-3 neutron spin filter for POLANO at J-PARC
    T. Ino; M. Ohkawara; K. Ohoyama; T. Yokoo; S. Itoh; Y. Nambu; M. Fujita; H. Kira; H. Hayashida; K. Hiroi; K. Sakai; T. Oku; K. Kakurai, We have developed a polarized He-3 neutron spin filter (NSF) for a new polarized neutron spectrometer, POLANO, at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). POLANO aims to utilize high energy neutrons polarized by a He-3 NSF and spin analyzed by an array of magnetic supermirrors for inelastic neutron scattering. The He-3 gas is continuously polarized in-situ by spin-exchange optical pumping to provide a highly and stably polarized neutron beam. The POLANO He-3 NSF is designed to polarize neutrons with energies as high as 200 meV and fit in a restricted space. It is equipped with adiabatic fast passage NMR that enables one to flip the He-3 spins, and consequently, the neutron spins., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLARISED NEUTRONS FOR CONDENSED MATTER INVESTIGATIONS (PNCMI 2016), 2017, [Reviewed]
  • Development of an in-situ SEOP He-3 neutron spin filter for magnetic imaging techniques
    H. Hayashida; K. Hiroi; T. Oku; H. Kira; K. Sakai; T. Shinohara; T. Kai; J. D. Parker; Y. Matsumoto; S. Y. Zhang; T. Ino; M. Ohkawara; K. Kakurai, We have been developing a He-3 neutron spin filter (NSF) using a spin exchange optical pumping (SEOP) technique. The He-3 NSF provides a high-energy polarized neutron beam with large beam size. A high-energy polarized neutron beam, which is more difficult to produce with commonly used magnetic supermirror-based polarizers, is an effective probe for magnetic imaging techniques, particularly in the case of strong magnetic fields. Additionally, an in-situ SEOP system enables us to produce a polarized neutron beam with stable polarization, which is big advantage for experiments with long measurement times. In this study, we installed two in-situ SEOP systems as a neutron spin polarizer and analyzer providing a stable high-energy polarized neutron beam over several days. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NEUTRON IMAGING FOR APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE, 2017, [Reviewed]
  • Non-magnetic flexible heaters for spin-exchange optical pumping of 3He and other applications
    T. Ino; H. Hayashida; H. Kira; T. Oku; K. Sakai, © 2016 Author(s). Spin polarized 3He gas is currently widely used in various scientific fields and in medical diagnosis applications. The spin polarization of 3He nuclei can be achieved by spin-exchange optical pumping (SEOP). In SEOP, the 3He gas is enclosed in a glass cell together with alkali metals and is then heated to maintain the alkali metal vapor pressures at the appropriate levels. However, polarized 3He gas is highly sensitive to any inhomogeneity in its magnetic field, and any small field gradients caused by the heaters may cause degradation of the 3He polarization. To overcome this conflict between the heating process and the magnetic field, we have developed electrical heaters that essentially cause no magnetic fields. These heaters are thin and are flexible enough to be bent to within a radius of a few centimeters. These carefully designed heater elements and a double layer structure effectively eliminate magnetic field generation. The heaters were originally developed for SEOP applications, but can also be applied to other processes that need to avoid unwanted magnetic fields.
    Review of Scientific Instruments, 01 Nov. 2016, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a neutron imager based on superconducting detectors
    Shigeyuki Miyajima; Hiroyuki Yamaguchi; Hirotaka Nakayama; Hiroaki Shishido; Akira Fujimaki; Mutsuo Hidaka; Masahide Harada; Kenichi Oikawa; Takayuki Oku; Masatoshi Arai; Takekazu Ishida, We succeeded in demonstrating a neutron detector based on a Nb superconducting meander line with a B-10 conversion layer for a neutron imager based on superconductor devices. We use a current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID), which is composed of a meander line, for detection of a neutron with high spatial resolution and fast response time. The thickness of Nb meander lines is 40 nm and the line width is narrower than 3 mu m. The area of 8 mm x 8 mm is covered by CB-KIDs, which are assembled at the center of the Si chip of the size 22 mm x 22 mm. The Nb CB-KIDs with a B-10 conversion layer output the voltage by irradiating pulsed neutrons. We have investigated gamma/n discrimination of a Nb-based CB-KID with B-10 conversion layer using a Cd plate, which indicates that a CB-KID can operate as a neutron detector under the strong gamma-ray fields. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS, Nov. 2016, [Reviewed]
  • 19aAF-1 Superconducting neutron detector by using Nb-based current biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) VII
    Shishido H.; Yamaguchi H.; Miki Y.; Miyajima S.; Fujimaki A.; Hidaka M.; Oikawa K.; Harada M.; Oku T.; Arai M.; Kojima K.; Ishida T., The Physical Society of Japan (JPS)
    Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 2016
  • 19aAF-2 Superconducting neutron detector by using Nb-based current biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) VIII
    Ishida T.; Shishido H.; Yamaguchi H.; Miki Y.; Miyajima S.; Fujimaki A.; Hidaka M.; Oikawa K.; Harada M.; Oku T.; Arai M.; Kojima K., The Physical Society of Japan (JPS)
    Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 2016
  • Signal Transmission Time Method for Neutron Imaging by usuing Superconducting neutron detector I
    Miki Y.; Yamaguchi H.; Shishido H.; Kojima K.; Miyajima S.; Fujimaki A.; Hidaka M.; Oikawa K.; Harada M.; Oku T.; Arai M.; Ishida T.,

    我々のグループでは、4系統の信号リード線と4系統の読出し回路を用いた新しいイメージング手法を提案した。極めて簡便な手法で、超高速、大画素の中性子イメージングを可能とする手法として期待されている。講演では、測定原理や原理検証実験の内容を中心に解説する。

    , The Physical Society of Japan
    Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 2016
  • Novel imaging technique by means of signal tranmission time using Superconducting stripline detector
    Yamaguchi Hiroyuki; Miki Y.; Shishido H.; Kojima K.; Miyajima S.; Fujimaki A.; Hidaka M.; Oikawa K.; Harada M.; Oku T.; Arai M.; Ishida T.,

    我々のグループでは、4系統の信号リード線と4系統の読出し回路を用いた新しいイメージング手法を提案した。極めて簡便な手法で、超高速、大画素のイメージングを可能とする手法として期待される。また、対象は中性子には限られない。 講演では、パルスレーザーを使って励起した場合のイメージングの実例について紹介する。

    , The Physical Society of Japan
    Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 2016
  • Polarisation Analysis Neutron Spectrometer, POLANO, at J-PARC- Concept and Magnetic Field Optimisation
    K. Ohoyama; T. Yokoo; S. Itoh; M. Nanbu; K. Iwasa; M. Ohkawara; N. Kaneko; T. Ino; H. Hayashida; T. Oku; H. Kira; S. Tasaki; M. Takeda; H. Kimura; T. J. Sato, The status of the polarised neutron spectrometer constructed at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex through a collaboration between Tohoku University and KEK will be reported. In particular, the optimisation of magnetic fields to minimise neutron beam depolarisation using the finite element method will be discussed on the basis of several simulations using the finite element method.., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLARISED NEUTRONS FOR CONDENSED MATTER INVESTIGATIONS (PNCMI 2014), 2016, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a He-3 nuclear spin flip system on an in-situ SEOP He-3 spin filter and demonstration for a neutron reflectometer and magnetic imaging technique
    H. Hayashida; T. Oku; H. Kira; K. Sakai; K. Hiroi; T. Ino; T. Shinohara; T. Imagawa; M. Ohkawara; K. Ohoyama; K. Kakurai; M. Takeda; D. Yamazaki; K. Oikawa; M. Harada; N. Miyata; K. Akutsu; M. Mizusawa; J. D. Parker; Y. Matsumoto; S. Zhang; J. Suzuki; K. Soyama; K. Aizawa; M. Arai, We have been developing a He-3 neutron spin filter (NSF) using the spin exchange optical pumping (SEOP) technique. The He-3 NSF provides a high-energy polarized neutron beam with large beam size. Moreover the He-3 NSF can work as pi-flipper for a polarized neutron beam by flipping the He-3 nuclear spin using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique. For NMR with the in-situ SEOP technique, the polarization of the laser must be reversed simultaneously because a non-reversed laser reduces the polarization of the spin-flipped He-3. To change the polarity of the laser, a half-wavelength plate was installed. The rotation angle of the half-wavelength plate was optimized, and a polarization of 97 % was obtained for the circularly polarized laser. The He-3 polarization reached 70 % and was stable over one week. A demonstration of the He-3 nuclear spin flip system was performed at the polarized neutron reflectometer SHARAKU (BL17) and NOBORU (BL10) at J-PARC. Off-specular measurement from a magnetic Fe/Cr thin film and magnetic imaging of a magnetic steel sheet were performed at BL17 and BL10, respectively., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLARISED NEUTRONS FOR CONDENSED MATTER INVESTIGATIONS (PNCMI 2014), 2016, [Reviewed]
  • Conceptual design of a polarized He-3 neutron spin filter for polarized neutron spectrometer POLANO at J-PARC
    T. Ino; K. Ohoyama; T. Yokoo; S. Itoh; M. Ohkawara; H. Kira; H. Hayashida; K. Sakai; K. Hiroi; T. Oku; K. Kakurai; L. J. Chang, A He-3 neutron spin filter (NSF) has been designed for a new polarized neutron chopper spectrometer called the Polarization Analysis Neutron Spectrometer with Correlation Method (POLANO) at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. It is designed to fit in a limited space on the spectrometer as an initial neutron beam polarizer and is polarized in situ by spin exchange optical pumping. This will be the first generation He-3 NSF on POLANO, and a polarized neutron beam up to 100 meV with a diameter of 50 mm will be available for research on magnetism, hydrogen materials, and strongly correlated electron systems., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLARISED NEUTRONS FOR CONDENSED MATTER INVESTIGATIONS (PNCMI 2014), 2016, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron detection using a current biased kinetic inductance detector
    Hiroaki Shishido; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Yoshito Narukami; Kenichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Takayuki Oku; Masatoshi Arai; Mutsuo Hidaka; Akira Fujimaki; Takekazu Ishida, We demonstrate neutron detection using a solid state superconducting current biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID), which consists of a superconducting Nb meander line of 1 mu m width and 40 nm thickness. B-10-enriched neutron absorber layer of 150 nm thickness is placed on top of the CB-KID. Our neutron detectors are able to operate in a wide superconducting region in the bias current-temperature diagram. This is in sharp contrast with our preceding current-biased transition edge detector, which can operate only in a narrow range just below the superconducting critical temperature. The full width at half maximum of the signals remains of the order of a few tens of ns, which confirms the high speed operation of our detectors. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC., AMER INST PHYSICS
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, Dec. 2015, [Reviewed]
  • Signal from a Single Neutron by using Current-Biased Kinetic Inductance Detector made of Superconducting Nb Nanowire
    Narukami Yoshito; Miyajima Shigeyuki; Shishido Hiroaki; Fujimaki Akira; Hidaka Mutsuo; Oikawa Kenichi; Harada Masahide; Oku Takayuki; Arai Masatoshi; Ishida Takekazu
    Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Science at J-PARC—Unlocking the Mysteries of Life, Matter and the Universe—, Oct. 2015, [Reviewed]
  • Time-Dependent Flux from Pulsed Neutrons Revealed by Superconducting Nb Current-Biased Kinetic Inductance Detector with 10B Converter Operated at 4 K
    Miyajima Shigeyuki; Narukami Yoshito; Shishido Hiroaki; Yoshioka Naohito; Fujimaki Akira; Hidaka Mutsuo; Oikawa Kenichi; Harada Masahide; Oku Takayuki; Arai Masatoshi; others
    Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Science at J-PARC—Unlocking the Mysteries of Life, Matter and the Universe—, Oct. 2015, [Reviewed]
  • Development status of the NMR system for the polarized $^{3}$He Neutron Spin Filter (NSF) in the MLF at J-PARC
    Sakai, Kenji; Oku, Takayuki; Hayashida, Hirotoshi; Kira, Hiroshi; Hiroi, Kosuke; Ino, Takashi; Oyama, Kenji; Okawara, Manabu; Kakurai, Kazuhisa; Shinohara, Takenao; Oikawa, Kenichi; Harada, Masahide; Aizawa, Kazuya; Arai, Masatoshi; Sakaguchi, Yoshifumi; Suzuki, Junichi, The polarized $^{3}$He filter, which polarizes neutrons due to a large neutron absorption cross section of $^{3}$He with strong spin selectivity, becomes a convenient neutron spin filter (NSF) because it is operated immediately after its installation in beam lines without any neutron beam adjustments. For realizing such the NSF, a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system is indispensable for monitoring $^{3}$He nuclear spin polarization {\it P} of the NSF. We have developed the flexible NMR system based on adiabatic fast passage (AFP) and pulse NMR methods by using their complementary features. In comparing with the values of {\it P} obtained by neutron transmission measurement at the beam line 10 of the J-PARC, we measured the correlations between the AFP and pulse NMR signals as changing condition of temperature, amplitude and applying period of the radio frequency field for the pulse NMR, and so on. As the results, we confirmed that our system would function enough as the {\it P} monitor., Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
    JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), Sep. 2015, [Reviewed]
  • 18aPS-64 Superconducting neutron detector by using Nb-based current biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) VI
    Nakayama H.; Yamaguchi H.; Narukami Y.; Shishido H.; Miyajima S.; Fujimaki A.; Hidaka M.; Oikawa K.; Harada M.; Oku T.; Arai M.; Kojima K.; Ishida T., The Physical Society of Japan (JPS)
    Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 2015
  • 24pCJ-2 Superconducting neutron detector by using Nb-based current biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) V
    Yamaguchi H.; Nakayama H.; Narukami Y.; Miyajima S.; Shishido H.; Fujimaki A.; Hidaka M.; Oikawa K.; Harada M.; Oku T.; Arai M.; Ishida T., The Physical Society of Japan (JPS)
    Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 2015
  • 24pCJ-1 Superconducting neutron detector by using Nb-based current biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) IV
    Narukami Y.; Shishido H.; Miyajima S.; Yamaguchi H.; Nakayama H.; Fujimaki A.; Hidaka M.; Oikawa K.; Harada M.; Oku T.; Arai M.; Ishida T., The Physical Society of Japan (JPS)
    Meeting Abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 2015
  • Improvement of 3He nuclear polarization for neutron scattering               
    Takashi Ino; Yasushi Arimoto; Hiroshi Kira; Hirotoshi Hayashida; Yoshifumi Sakaguchi; Manabu Ohkawara; Kenji Ohoyama; Kenji Sakai; Kosuke Hiroi; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhisa Kakurai
    JPS Conf. Proc., 2015, [Reviewed]
  • The design and q resolution of the small and wide angle neutron scattering instrument (TAIKAN) in J-PARC               
    S. Takata; J. Suzuki; T. Shinohara; T. Oku; T. Tominaga; K. Ohishi; H. Iwase; T. Nakatani; Y. Inamura; T. Ito; K. Suzuya; K. Aizawa; M. Arai; T. Otomo; M. Sugiyama
    JPS Conf. Proc., 2015, [Reviewed]
  • Demonstration Study of Small-Angle Polarized Neutron Scattering Using Polarized 3He Neutron Spin Filter
    H. Kira; H. Hayashida; H. Iwase; K. Ohishi; J. Suzuki; T. Oku; K. Sakai; K. Hiroi; S. Takata; T. Ino; K. Ohoyama; M. Ohkawara; T. Shinohara; K. Kakurai; K. Aizawa; M. Arai, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
    JPS Conf. Proc., 2015, [Reviewed]
  • Polarized neutron spectrometer for inelastic experiments at J-PARC Status of POLANO Project
    Tetsuya Yokoo; Kenji Ohoyama; Shinichi Itoh; Kazuaki Iwasa; Naokatsu Kaneko; Junichi Suzuki; Manabu Ohkawara; Kazuya Aizawa; Seiji Tasaki; Takashi Ino; Kaoru Taketani; Shigeru Ishimoto; Masayasu Takeda; Takayuki Oku; Hiroshi Kira; Kouichi Hayashi; Hiroyuki Kimura; Taku J. Sato, Construction of the newly developed polarization analysis neutron chopper spectrometer (POLANO) commenced in the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC), Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF). The POLANO is a direct geometry chopper spectrometer with neutron polarization analysis capability. In the suite of inelastic spectrometers, six instruments are now in operation. POLANO will be the only spectrometer dedicated to polarization analysis experiments. The primary phase of the construction will be completed by 2014 with beam commissioning scheduled for 2015., E D P SCIENCES
    QENS/WINS 2014 - 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUASIELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING AND 6TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INELASTIC NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS, 2015, [Reviewed]
  • Current-Biased Kinetic Inductance Detector for Neutrons
    Hiroaki Shishido; Shigeyuki Miyajima; Hiroyuki Yamaguchi; Hirotaka Nakayama; Yoshito Narukami; Akira Fujimaki; Mutsuo Hidaka; Ken'ichi Oikawa; Masahide Harada; Takayuki Oku; Masatoshi Arai; Takekazu Ishida, We succeeded in measuring a clear signal from a single neutron by using a solid state superconducting current biased kinetic inductance detector, which consists of a superconducting Nb meanderline and an enriched B-10 neutron conversion layer. Our neutron detector is able to operate at temperatures much lower than T-c. A full width at half maximum of signal remains at a few tens ns, ensuring fast operation as a neutron detector. A time-dependent histogram for the pulsed neutron intensity is in good agreement with the prediction from a Monte-Carlo simulation. We convincingly conclude that our detector was successful in detecting pulsed neutrons produced from the beam line BL10 at J-PARC., IEEE
    2015 15TH INTERNATIONAL SUPERCONDUCTIVE ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (ISEC), 2015, [Reviewed]
  • Development of <sup>3</sup>He Neutron Spin Filter for the Application at an Intense Pulsed Neutron Source Facility
    Takayuki Oku; Hiroshi Kira; Hirotoshi Hayashida; Kenji Sakai; Kosuke Hiroi; Takenao Shinohara; Takashi Ino; Manabu Ohkawara; Kenji Ohoyama; Shin-ichi Takata; Kazuki Ohishi; Hiroki Iwase; Noboru Miyata; Kazuhiro Akutsu; Yoshifumi Sakaguchi; Masayasu Takeda; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Kazuya Aizawa; Masatoshi Arai; Kazuhisa Kakurai, The Japanese Society for Neutron Science
    hamon, 2014
  • SANS study on double-network polymers               
    T. Tominaga; S. Takata; J. Suzuki; T. Shinohara; T. Oku; K. Ohishi; T. Nakatani; Y. Inamura; H. Iwase; T. Ito; H. Kira; K. Suzuya; K. Aizawa; M. Arai
    JPS Conf. Proc., 2014, [Reviewed]
  • Development of portable polarized 3He spin flipper for polarized neutron experiment at J-PARC
    K. Sakai; T. Oku; H. Hayashida; H. Kira; T. Shinohara; K. Oikawa; M. Harada; K. Kakurai; K. Aizawa; M. Arai; Y. Sakaguchi; J. Suzuki; T. Ino; K. Ohoyama
    J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 2014, [Reviewed]
  • Applications of a micro-pixel chamber (mu PIC) based, time-resolved neutron imaging detector at pulsed neutron beams
    J. D. Parker; M. Harada; K. Hattori; S. Iwaki; S. Kabuki; Y. Kishimoto; H. Kubo; S. Kurosawa; Y. Matsuoka; K. Miuchi; T. Mizumoto; H. Nishimura; T. Oku; T. Sawano; T. Shinohara; J- Suzuki; A. Takada; T. Tanimori; K. Ueno; M. Ikeno; M. Tanaka; T. Uchida, The realization of high-intensity, pulsed spallation neutron sources such as J-PARC in Japan and SNS in the US has brought time-of-flight (TOF) based neutron techniques to the fore and spurred the development of new detector technologies. When combined with high-resolution imaging, TOF-based methods become powerful tools for direct imaging of material properties, including crystal structure/internal strain, isotopic/temperature distributions, and internal and external magnetic fields. To carry out such measurements in the high-intensities and high gamma backgrounds found at spallation sources, we have developed a new time-resolved neutron imaging detector employing a micro-pattern gaseous detector known as the micro-pixel chamber (mu PIC) coupled with a field-programmable-gate-array-based data acquisition system. The detector combines 100 mu m-level (sigma) spatial and sub-mu s time resolutions with low gamma sensitivity of less than 10(-12) and a rate capability on the order of Mcps (mega-counts-per-second). Here, we demonstrate the application of our detector to TOF-based techniques with examples of Bragg-edge transmission and neutron resonance transmission imaging (with computed tomography) carried out at J-PARC. We also consider the direct imaging of magnetic fields with our detector using polarized neutrons., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    1ST CONFERENCE ON LIGHT AND PARTICLE BEAMS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE 2013 (LPBMS2013), 2014, [Reviewed]
  • Development and demonstration of in-situ SLOP He-3 spin filter system for neutron spin analyzer on the SHARAKU polarized neutron reflectometer at J-PARC
    H. Hayashida; T. Oku; H. Kira; K. Sakai; M. Takeda; Y. Sakaguchi; T. Ino; T. Shinohara; K. Ohoyama; J. Suzuki; K. Kakurai; M. Mizusawa; N. Miyata; D. Yamazaki; R. Maruyama; K. Soyama; M. Arai, A new neutron reflectometer, SHARAKU, with a vertical sample-plane geometry was installed at beam line 17 at J-PARC Materials and Life Science Facility. Although a polarizing supermirror was previously installed as a neutron spin analyzer on SHARAKU, a He-3 spin filter is advantageous because it can cover a large solid angle. An in-situ SEOP He-3 spin filter system using a new compact laser unit has been developed for the analyzer. In this paper, we report a successful off-specular measurement with the new compact in-situ SEOP analyzer at SHARAKU., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NEUTRON OPTICS AND DETECTORS (NOP&D 2013), 2014, [Reviewed]
  • Concepts of Neutron Polarisation Analysis Devices for a New Neutron Chopper Spectrometer, POLANO, in J-PARC
    K. Ohoyama; T. Yokoo; S. Itoh; T. Ino; M. Ohkawara; T. Oku; S. Tasaki; K. Iwasa; T. J. Sato; S. Ishimoto; K. Taketani; H. Kira; Y. Sakaguch; M. Nanbu; H. Hiraka; H. M. Shimizu; M. Takeda; M. Hino; K. Hayashi; U. Fliges; P. Hautle, The basic concept of polarisation analysers with bender type supermirrors on the polarised neutron spectrometer, POLANO, which is now under construction in J-PARC/MLF, is described, IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    1ST CONFERENCE ON LIGHT AND PARTICLE BEAMS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE 2013 (LPBMS2013), 2014, [Reviewed]
  • Development of portable polarized He-3 neutron spin filter and its application to magnetic field imaging at J-PARC
    K. Sakai; T. Oku; H. Hayashida; H. Kira; T. Shinohara; K. Oikawa; M. Harada; K. Kakurai; K. Aizawa; M. Arai; Y. Sakaguchi; J. Suzuki; T. Ino; K. Ohoyama, In order to expand the measurable neutron energy range up to the energy of epithermal neutrons in polarized neutron experiments, a portable polarized He-3 neutron spin filter (NSF) was developed in the Materials and Life science experimental Facility (MLF) at J-PARC. After the generation of He-3 polarization through a spin exchange optical pumping method, the NSF was used as a neutron spin polarizer and flipper in a beam line. We constructed a simple neutron spin analysis apparatus with two He-3 NSFs and made a preliminary attempt to visualize magnetic fields generated by a coil. The results represented that our apparatus could function for neutron wavelengths between approximately 0.5-5 angstrom through the use of a neutron time-of-flight method., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NEUTRON OPTICS AND DETECTORS (NOP&D 2013), 2014, [Reviewed]
  • Spatial resolution of a mu PIC-based neutron imaging detector
    J. D. Parker; M. Harada; K. Hattori; S. Iwaki; S. Kabuki; Y. Kishimoto; H. Kubo; S. Kurosawa; Y. Matsuoka; K. Miuchi; T. Mizumoto; H. Nishimura; T. Oku; T. Sawano; T. Shinohara; J. Suzuki; A. Takada; T. Tanimori; K. Ueno, We present a detailed study of the spatial resolution of our time-resolved neutron imaging detector utilizing a new neutron position reconstruction method that improves both spatial resolution and event reconstruction efficiency. Our prototype detector system, employing a micro-pattern gaseous detector known as the micro-pixel chamber (mu PIC) coupled with a field-programmable-gate-array-based data acquisition system, combines 100 mu m-level spatial and sub-mu s time resolutions with excellent gamma rejection and high data rates, making it well suited for applications in neutron radiography at high-intensity, pulsed neutron sources. From data taken at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility within the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC), the spatial resolution was found to be approximately Gaussian with a sigma of 103.48 +/- 0.77 mu m (after correcting for beam divergence). This is a significant improvement over that achievable with our previous reconstruction method (334 +/- 13 mu m), and compares well with conventional neutron imaging detectors and with other high-rate detectors currently under development. Further, a detector simulation indicates that a spatial resolution of less than 60 mu m may be possible with optimization of the gas characteristics and mu PIC structure. We also present an example of imaging combined with neutron resonance absorption spectroscopy. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Oct. 2013, [Reviewed]
  • 26aXZB-2 Progress of Polarisation Analysis Neutron Spectrometer Project in J-PARC
    Ohoyama K; Yokoo T; Itoh S; Suzuki J; Sato T. J; Iwasa K; Kira H; Sakaguchi Y; Oku T; Ino T; Hiraka H; Matsuura M; Fujita M; Tomiyasu K; Kimura H; Suzuki J; Shimizu H. M; Arima T; Takeda M; Kaneko K; Hino M; Muto S; Nojiri H; Lee C. H; Park J. G; Choi S, 一般社団法人日本物理学会
    Meeting abstracts of the Physical Society of Japan, 26 Mar. 2013
  • Magnetic shield design of in-situ SEOP polarized 3He neutron spin filter system
    H. Kira; Y. Sakaguchi; J. Suzuki; T. Oku; M. Nakamura; M. Arai; K. Kakurai; Y. Endo; Y. Arimoto; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; T. Kamiyama; K. Ohoyama; H. Hiraka; K. Tsutsumi; K. Yamada; L. J. Chang, A polarized 3He neutron spin filter requires a suitably homogeneous magnetic environment to avoid depolarization of 3He nuclear spin. In the present study, we discussed the required performance of the magnetic shield for an in-situ spin exchange optical pumping neutron spin filter system and designed a magnetic shield with T1mag > 100 h under a magnetic field of 3.5 mT perpendicular to the guide field. We then constructed the magnetic shield and confirmed its performance. Finally, we succeeded in developing a magnetic shield for a polarized 3He neutron spin filter system for J-PARC. © 2013 The Authors.
    Physics Procedia, 2013, [Reviewed]
  • 26aXZB-2 J-PARC偏極中性子散乱装置POLANO計画の状況(26aXZB 領域10,ビーム物理領域合同 X線・粒子線(中性子),領域10(誘電体,格子欠陥,X線・粒子線,フォノン))
    大山 研司; 横尾 哲也; 伊藤 晋一; 鈴木 純一; 佐藤 卓; 岩佐 和晃; 吉良 弘; 坂口 佳史; 奥 隆之; 猪野 隆; 平賀 晴弘; 松浦 直人; 藤田 全基; 富安 啓輔; 木村 宏之; 鈴木 淳市; 清水 裕彦; 有馬 孝尚; 武田 全康; 金子 耕士; 日野 正裕; 武藤 豪; 野尻 浩之; C. H. Lee; J. G. Park; S. Choi, 一般社団法人日本物理学会
    日本物理学会講演概要集, Jan. 2013
  • Polarization analysis equipment in SANS-J-II: Study of polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cell
    Yohei Noda; Daisuke Yamaguchi; Ananda Putra; Satoshi Koizumi; Yoshifumi Sakaguchi; Takayuki Oku; Jun-ichi Suzuki, In small angle neutron scattering spectrometer, SANS-J-II at Japan Research Reactor No. 3 (JRR-3), a polarization analysis setup has been equipped, which is composed of transmission-type supermirror polarizer, radial-bender-type supermirror analyzer, pi flipper, and solenoids for generating guide magnetic field. This setup was applied to the structural study of polymer electrolyte membrane, Nafion under water-swollen state. The sample is known to exhibit several characteristic peaks at wide angle region, which is related to water transporting channels. By use of polarization analysis technique, the coherent and incoherent contributions were successfully separated. Consequently, we obtained reliable information about decaying power law of ionic cluster peak and the shape of the broad peak, relating to ordering with short distance (5.6 angstrom). (c) 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLARISED NEUTRONS IN CONDENSED MATTER INVESTIGATIONS, 2013, [Reviewed]
  • Precision magnetic field mapping for the He-3 neutron spin filter
    Takashi Ino; Yasushi Arimoto; Hiroshi Kira; Yoshifumi Sakaguchi; Takenao Shinohara; Kenji Sakai; Takayuki Oku; Kazuhisa Kakurai; Kenji Ohoyama, He-3 neutron spin filters require a homogeneous magnetic field, otherwise the nuclear polarization of the He-3 gas will easily be lost by small magnetic field gradients. Magnetic cavities with field gradients of 10(-4)/cm or better are often in demand, and many such cavities - Helmholtz coils, solenoids, permanent magnet circuits, etc - have been developed [1]. These magnetic cavities are designed mostly by using simulations, but the actual magnetic fields may differ from the calculations because of the presence of the environmental magnetic field as well as nearby magnetic materials. To evaluate system with a precision of 10(-5) was developed. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLARISED NEUTRONS IN CONDENSED MATTER INVESTIGATIONS, 2013, [Reviewed]
  • Magnetic Shield Design of In-situ SEOP Polarized He-3 Neutron Spin Filter System
    H. Kira; Y. Sakaguchi; J. Suzuki; T. Oku; M. Nakamura; M. Arai; K. Kakurai; Y. Endo; Y. Arimoto; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; T. Kamiyama; K. Ohoyama; H. Hiraka; K. Tsutsumi; K. Yamada; L-J Chang, A polarized He-3 neutron spin filter requires a suitably homogeneous magnetic environment to avoid depolarization of He-3 nuclear spin. In the present study, we discussed the required performance of the magnetic shield for an in-situ spin exchange optical pumping neutron spin filter system and designed a magnetic shield with T-1mag > 100 h under a magnetic field of 3.5 mT perpendicular to the guide field. We then constructed the magnetic shield and confirmed its performance. Finally, we succeeded in developing a magnetic shield for a polarized He-3 neutron spin filter system for J-PARC. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLARISED NEUTRONS IN CONDENSED MATTER INVESTIGATIONS, 2013, [Reviewed]
  • Newly Proposed Inelastic Neutron Spectrometer POLANO
    Tetsuya Yokoo; Kenji Ohoyama; Shinichi Itoh; Junichi Suzuki; Kazuaki Iwasa; Taku J. Sato; Hiroshi Kira; Yoshifumi Sakaguchi; Takashi Ino; Takayuki Oku; Keisuke Tomiyasu; Masato Matsuura; Haruhiro Hiraka; Masaki Fujita; Hiroyuki Kimura; Toyoto Sato; Junichi Suzuki; Masayasu Takeda; Koji Kaneko; Masahiro Hino; Suguru Muto, In Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC), the construction of direct geometry chopper spectrometer dedicated for inelastic scattering with polarization analysis is newly planed. The concepts of the instrument are compact design, higher neutron flux, higher energy polarization up to 150 similar to 200 meV, and medium resolution in order to achieve a new paradigm in the momentum-energy space beyond the reactor based spectrometers for dynamical studies in materials., PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN
    JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, Jan. 2013, [Reviewed]
  • Basic Concepts of Polarisation Analysis for Neutron Chopper Spectrometer POLANO at J-PARC
    K. Ohoyama; T. Yokoo; S. Itoh; J. Suzuki; K. Iwasa; T. J. Sato; H. Kira; Y. Sakaguchi; T. Ino; T. Oku; K. Tomiyasu; M. Matsuura; H. Hiraka; M. Fujita; H. Kimura; T. Sato; J. Suzuki; H. M. Shimizu; T. Arima; M. Takeda; K. Kaneko; M. Hino; S. Muto; H. Nojiri; C. H. Lee; J. G. Park; S. Choi, The basic concept underlying the use of neutron polarisers and analysers in a polarised neutron spectrometer which will be constructed in J-PARC/MLF is discussed. The spectrometer, named POLANO, is a compact chopper spectrometer for polarisation analysis in the energy region up to E-i similar to 200 meV. In the first stage of this project, a He-3 spin filter polarised by the spin exchange optical pumping method will be used as the polariser. Based on the optimisations of the filter parameters, we confirm that the designed optimised He-3 spin filters will be feasible for use up to 80 meV., PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN
    JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, Jan. 2013, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron imaging detector based on the mu PIC micro-pixel chamber
    J. D. Parker; K. Hattori; H. Fujioka; M. Harada; S. Iwaki; S. Kabuki; Y. Kishimoto; H. Kubo; S. Kurosawa; K. Miuchi; T. Nagae; H. Nishimura; T. Oku; T. Sawano; T. Shinohara; J. Suzuki; A. Takada; T. Tanimori; K. Ueno, We have developed a prototype time-resolved neutron imaging detector employing the micro-pixel chamber (mu PIC), a micro-pattern gaseous detector, coupled with a field programmable gate array-based data acquisition system for applications in neutron radiography at high-intensity neutron sources. The prototype system, with an active area of 10 x 10 cm(2) and operated at a gas pressure of 2 atm, measures both the energy deposition (via time-over-threshold) and three-dimensional track of each neutron-induced event, allowing the reconstruction of the neutron interaction point with improved accuracy. Using a simple position reconstruction algorithm, a spatial resolution of 349 +/- 36 mu m was achieved, with further improvement expected. The detailed tracking allows strong rejection of background gamma-rays, resulting in an effective gamma sensitivity of 10(-12) or less, coupled with stable, robust neutron identification. The detector also features a time resolution of 0.6 us. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Jan. 2013, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a non-adiabatic two-coil spin flipper for a polarised thermal neutron diffractometer with a He-3 spin filter
    Kenji Ohoyama; Kenji Tsutsumi; Takashi Ino; Haruhiro Hiraka; Yasuo Yamaguchi; Hiroshi Kira; Takayuki Oku; Yoshifumi Sakaguchi; Yasushi Arimoto; Wei Zhang; Hisamichi Kimura; Kazuaki Iwasa; Masayasu Takeda; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Kazuyoshi Yamada; Kazuhisa Kakurai, Using a transportable He-3 spin filter neutron polariser, we have constructed a polarised thermal neutron diffraction (PND) instrument on a powder neutron diffractometer. To minimise the inhomogeneity of the magnetic fields around the He-3 spin filter, an optimised compact non-adiabatic two-coil spin flipper for the PND instrument was developed. Magnetic field criteria were discussed for the design of the flipper. Using the PND instrument with the flipper, we succeeded in observing a difference in the magnetic field dependence of the deposited ferromagnetic phases in nanocomposite materials. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Jul. 2012, [Reviewed]
  • A compact SEOP He-3 neutron spin filter with AFP NMR
    Takashi Ino; Yasushi Arimoto; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Yoshifumi Sakaguchi; Kenji Sakai; Hiroshi Kira; Takenao Shinohara; Takayuki Oku; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Kazuhisa Kakurai; Lieh-Jeng Chang, We developed AFP NMR in an aluminum container for polarized noble gas nuclei. The radio frequency magnetic field inside the aluminum container was designed from computer simulations. The polarization loss by the AFP spin flip of He-3 was measured to be as low as 3.8 x 10(-4). With this technique, a compact in-situ polarizing He-3 neutron spin filter with AFP NMR is demonstrated., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    5TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON NEUTRON SCATTERING, 2012, [Reviewed]
  • Development of polarized Xe gas target for neutron experiment at J-PARC
    K. Sakai; T. Oku; T. Shinohara; H. Kira; M. Ooi; F. Maekawa; K. Kakurai; T. Ino; Y. Arimoto; H. M. Shimizu; Y. Sakaguchi; J. Suzuki; K. Ohoyama; L. J. Chang, At the Materials and Life science experimental Facility (MLF) in J-PARC, an experiment of detecting a neutron polarizing ability caused by a neutron-nuclear spin correlation at a resonant peak of Xe-129 is planned. We evaluated measurable quantities based on a neutron optical theorem, developed a polarized Xe gas system, and carried out a feasibility test of our apparatus., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    5TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON NEUTRON SCATTERING, 2012, [Reviewed]
  • Quantitative magnetic field imaging by polarized pulsed neutrons at J-PARC
    T. Shinohara; K. Sakai; M. Ohi; T. Kai; M. Harada; K. Oikawa; F. Maekawa; J. Suzuki; T. Oku; S. Takata; K. Aizawa; M. Arai; Y. Kiyanagi, One of the most interesting applications of neutron imaging is that it enables the observation of magnetic field. Because the interaction between the neutron spin and the magnetic field depends on the neutron energy, it is important to study the neutron energy dependence of magnetic field imaging to quantitatively treat the characteristics of the magnetic field. In this study, we have performed a polarized pulsed neutron imaging experiment using a time-of-flight method at J-PARC and have analyzed the energy dependence of the obtained polarization image. We have also quantitatively analyzed the strength and the direction of the magnetic field relative to the quantized axis inside a solenoid coil. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Sep. 2011, [Reviewed]
  • External cavity design of high-power diode laser for polarized helium-3 neutron spin filters based on spin-exchange optical pumping
    Y. Arimoto; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; T. Kamiyama; H. Kira; T. Oku; Y. Sakaguchi; K. Kakurai; K. Sakai; J. Suzuki; S. Koizumi; M. Arai; Y. Endo; M. Nakamura; T. Shinohara; M. Takeda; S. Wakimoto; D. Yamazaki; K. Ohoymama; H. Hiraka; K. Yamada; K. Tsutsumi; L. -J. Chang, Polarized neutron spin filters are being developed based on spin-exchange optical pumping. In the present study a high-power diode laser (85 W) was used to excite Rb atoms and the laser linewidth was narrowed using an external cavity. The optics in the external cavity were designed by ray tracing. The ray-trace calculations demonstrated that a doublet lens in front of the laser eliminates aberrations. The maximum spectral peak height in the doublet optics was found to be 25% higher than for a singlet lens. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jun. 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Research on glass cells for He-3 neutron spin filters
    Y. Sakaguchi; H. Kira; T. Oku; T. Shinohara; J. Suzuki; K. Sakai; M. Nakamura; K. Suzuya; K. Aizawa; M. Arai; M. Takeda; S. Wakimoto; D. Yamazaki; S. Koizumi; Y. Endoh; L. J. Chang; Y. Arimoto; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; T. Kamiyama; K. Ohoyama; H. Hiraka; K. Tsutsumi; K. Yamada; K. Ohara; K. Kakurai, Glass cells play an important role in polarized He-3 neutron spin filters. To evaluate the scattering and absorption contribution from glass cells during neutron scattering experiments, we measured small-angle scattering and neutron transmission in GE180 and other glasses. The small-angle neutron scattering measurements revealed that the glasses used for He-3 spin filters have acceptably lower scattering: d Sigma(Q)/d Omega=4-7 x 10(-4) cm(-1) at Q=0.03-0.12 angstrom(-1). The transmission measurement was performed at J-PARC. Neutron transmission of about 92% through empty GE180 cells was observed over a wide wavelength range 0.014-7.0 angstrom. To pursue the possibility of being a structural influence on He-3 spin relaxation in GE180 glass cells, we performed precise X-ray diffraction measurement using synchrotron radiation at Spring-8. From these measurements, a structural difference was observed among GE180 glasses with different thermal treatments. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jun. 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Development and test of SEOP neutron spin filter in Japan
    H. Kira; Y. Sakaguchi; T. Oku; J. Suzuki; M. Nakamura; M. Arai; K. Kakurai; Y. Endo; Y. Arimoto; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; T. Kamiyama; K. Tsutsumi; K. Ohoyama; H. Hiraka; K. Yamada; L. -J. Chang, We have begun the development of an in-situ spin-exchange optical pumping (SEOP) system aiming to use it as a neutron spin filter for incident beam polarization at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). To use it, it is recommended that the optics be adjusted easily, have high stability, and have a small size. In this paper we improved our previous SEOP system aiming to use it in J-PARC and performed a neutron beam test at the JRR-3 NOP beamline to see the performance of the neutron spin filter (NSF). The polarization of the (3)He gas reached 73%. This paper gives the present status of the development of in-situ SEOP system in J-PARC. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jun. 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Measurement of the neutron beam polarization of BL05/NOP beamline at J-PARC
    T. Ino; Y. Arimoto; T. Yoshioka; K. Mishima; K. Taketani; S. Muto; H. M. Shimizu; H. Kira; Y. Sakaguchi; T. Oku; K. Sakai; T. Shinohara; J. Suzuki; H. Otono; H. Oide; S. Yamashita; S. Imajo; H. Funahashi; M. Yamada; Y. Iwashita; M. Kitaguchi; M. Hino; Z. Suzuki; T. Sanuki; T. Seki; K. Hirota; K. Ikeda; H. Sato; Y. Otake; H. Ohmori; T. Morishima; T. Shima, We measured the neutron beam polarization of the BL05/NOP (Neutron Optics and Physics) beamline at J-PARC with an accuracy of less than 10(-3) using polarized He-3 gas as a neutron spin analyzer. Precise polarimetry of the neutron beam is necessary to understand the beamline optics as well as for the asymmetry measurements of the neutron beta decay, which are planned in this beamline. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jun. 2011, [Reviewed]
  • A high S/N ratio spin flip chopper system for a pulsed neutron source
    K. Taketani; T. Ebisawa; M. Hino; K. Hirota; T. Ino; M. Kitaguchi; K. Mishima; S. Muto; H. Oide; T. Oku; H. Otone; K. Sakai; T. Shima; H. M. Shimizu; S. Yamashita; T. Yoshioka, We report a successful demonstration of a high SIN ratio spin flip chopper (SFC) system for pulsed neutron sources. The system consists of two SFCs and each SFC consists of a radio frequency (RF) flipper and Soller magnetic supermirrors. The aperture of the Soller mirror was 18 mm in width and 20 mm in height. The S/N ratio of the system was 306:1. This system is going to be installed to measure neutron lifetime precisely using the cold-neutron beam line, BL05 polarized-beam branch, at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) in Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Apr. 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Characterization of glasses for He-3 neutron spin filter cells
    Y. Sakaguchi; H. Kira; T. Oku; T. Shinohara; J. Suzuki; K. Sakai; M. Nakamura; K. Suzuya; M. Arai; M. Takeda; S. Wakimoto; D. Yamazaki; S. Koizumi; Y. Endoh; K. Kakurai; Y. Arimoto; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; T. Kamiyama; K. Ohoyama; H. Hiraka; K. Tsutsumi; K. Yamada; L. J. Chang, Polarized He-3 neutron spin filters are suitable devices for polarizing neutrons at spallation neutron facilities because of the wide coverage in energy range and the large solid-angles. The glass cell plays an important role in the He-3 spin filters. In order to get good quality of glass cells, the investigation on the microscopic structure would be helpful. In this paper, we report on the results of X-ray diffraction for several glasses. We observed a correlation between the position of the first peak and the helium permeation velocity. We also observed a small difference in the diffraction curve among GE180 glasses with different thermal treatment. Desirable structure for He-3 spin filters is discussed. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Apr. 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Polarization of very cold neutron using a permanent magnet quadrupole
    Tamaki Yoshioka; Kenji Mishima; Takashi Ino; Kaoru Taketani; Suguru Muto; Takahiro Morishima; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Takayuki Oku; Junichi Suzuki; Takenao Shinohara; Kenji Sakai; Hiromi Sato; Katsuya Hirota; Yoshie Otake; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Masahiro Hino; Yoshichika Seki; Yoshihisa Iwashita; Masako Yamada; Masahiro Ichikawa; Takanori Sugimoto; Shinsuke Kawasaki; Sachio Komamiya; Hidetoshi Otono; Yoshio Kamiya; Satoru Yamashita; Peter Geltenbort, For the future fundamental physics experiments by using cold neutrons, we are developing a device which can measure the neutron polarization degree by accuracy significantly below 10(-3). A quadrupole magnet is one of the promising candidate to measure the neutron polarization degree by such extremely high precision. We have performed a polarization experiment by using the quadrupole magnets at the Very Cold Neutron (VCN) port of the PF-2 in the Institute Laue-Langevin (ILL). As a result, we obtained the polarization degree P with very high accuracy P=0.9994 +/- 0.0001(stat.) +/- 0.0003(syst.), which meet our requirement significantly. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Apr. 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Development of thin film neutron focusing lenses
    Takashi Ino; Takenao Shinohara; Tomohiro Adachi; Katsuya Hirota; Masahiro Hino; Takayuki Oku; Kaoru Taketani; Kenji Mishima; Tamaki Yoshioka; Yasushi Arimoto; Suguru Muto; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Hirohiko M. Shimizu, We have developed thin film Fresnel lenses made of a hydrogen-free amorphous polymer for neutron focusing purposes. A neutron beam test showed the strong focusing of a cold neutron beam, and an increase of the neutron intensity was observed to be more than 50 times. (C) 2010 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Apr. 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Thermal fluctuations in perpendicular recording media: New methodology for estimation of activation moment
    H. Mamiya; H. Hagiya; Y. Oba; M. Ohnuma; T. Oku; J. Suzuki; M. Yokoyama; T. Katayama; Y. Nishihara; H. Awano; T. Koda, In nanoparticulate films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, a large demagnetizing field almost compensates for the experimentally designed change in the magnetic field applied parallel to the film normal. We propose a new method based on field-cycling to eliminate the uncertainty in the demagnetizing response from the analysis of the activation volume of the reversal or magnetic activation moment in such films. In this method, the applied field induced variation in the magnetic relaxation rate is measured before the effect of the demagnetizing field becomes dominant. We also discuss an analogical thermal-cycling method to clarify the temperature dependence of the barrier height for magnetization reversal in a magnetic field. We apply these methods to a Co74Pt16Cr10-SiO2 nanoparticulate film as an example. The results demonstrate that these methods are useful for studying thermal fluctuations in perpendicular recording media. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd., Institute of Physics Publishing
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Structure of glasses for He-3 neutron spin filter cells
    Y. Sakaguchi; H. Kira; T. Oku; T. Shinohara; J. Suzuki; K. Sakai; M. Nakamura; K. Suzuya; K. Aizawa; M. Arai; M. Takeda; Y. Endoh; L. J. Chang; Y. Arimoto; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; T. Kamiyama; K. Ohoyama; H. Hiraka; K. Tsutsumi; K. Yamada; K. Ohara; K. Kakurai, In spin-exchange optical pumping, there is unknown excess relaxation, called the X-factor, that limits attainable He-3 polarization. It is known that the X-factor depends on the glass containers. Hence, it is expected that there are cell-to-cell variations in microscopic structure among the cells and that these variations affect the attainable He-3 polarization. However, microscopic structure of the glasses for He-3 neutron spin filters has not been clarified yet. In this paper, we have performed precise X-ray diffraction measurements for the glasses at SPring-8 using synchrotron radiation. The structural differences are observed between several types of glasses, and also, between the GE180 glass pieces with different thermal treatment. Based on the results, the structural influence on the performance of He-3 neutron spin filters is discussed., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    JCNS WORKSHOP ON MODERN TRENDS IN PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS OF POLARIZED 3HE, 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Applications of He-3 neutron spin filters on the small-angle neutron scattering spectrometer SANS-J-II
    Y. Sakaguchi; H. Kira; T. Oku; T. Shinohara; J. Suzuki; K. Sakai; M. Nakamura; K. Aizawa; M. Arai; Y. Noda; S. Koizumi; M. Takeda; Y. Endoh; L. J. Chang; Y. Arimoto; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; T. Kamiyama; K. Ohoyama; H. Hiraka; K. Tsutsumi; K. Yamada; K. Kakurai, A polarized He-3 neutron spin filter has been applied to polarization analysis on the small-angle neutron scattering spectrometer SANS-J-II at JRR-3. Measurements were taken on silver behenate, which has several coherent peaks in the small-angle region with a background of spin incoherent hydrogen scattering. Here we demonstrate that the coherent and spin incoherent scattering were successfully separated by the polarization analysis using the He-3 spin filter on the instrument., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    JCNS WORKSHOP ON MODERN TRENDS IN PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS OF POLARIZED 3HE, 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Developments of In-Situ SEOP Polarized He-3 Neutron Spin Filter in Japan
    H. Kira; Y. Sakaguchi; T. Oku; J. Suzuki; M. Nakamura; M. Arai; Y. Endoh; L. J. Chang; K. Kakurai; Y. Arimoto; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; T. Kamiyama; K. Ohoyama; H. Hiraka; K. Tsutsumi; K. Yamada, We launched the polarized He-3 neutron spin filters (NSF) project in order to provide neutron polarization for the pulsed neutron beams in Japan. We adopted the in-situ spin exchange optical pumping (SEOP) technique to polarize the nuclear spin of He-3 atoms because it has some advantages for our applications. The overall system size is compact and it avoids the problem of the time decay of nuclear spin of He-3 thus suppressing the costs of maintenance and providing other advantages [1, 2] with respect to data analysis and quality. In this paper, we performed pulsed neutron beam tests of our compact in-situ SEOP NSF system at the BL10 beamline in the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The polarization of the He-3 gas reached was 73 % and a pump-up time constant of 9.5 h was observed. This paper is a status report about the development of in-situ SEOP NSF system for the pulsed beam at J-PARC., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    JCNS WORKSHOP ON MODERN TRENDS IN PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS OF POLARIZED 3HE, 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron Imaging Detector Based on the mu PIC Micro-Pixel Gaseous Chamber
    Joseph D. Parker; Masahide Harada; Kaori Hattori; Satoru Iwaki; Shigeto Kabuki; Yuji Kishimoto; Hidetoshi Kubo; Shunsuke Kurosawa; Kentaro Miuchi; Hironobu Nishimura; Takayuki Oku; Tatsuya Sawano; Takenao Shinohara; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Toru Tanimori; Kazuki Ueno, A neutron imaging detector employing the micropixel gaseous chamber (mu PIC) and an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)-based data acquisition system has been developed for applications in small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and neutron radiography at high-intensity, pulsed neutron sources. A small amount of He-3 added to the gas mixture is used as the neutron absorber, with a detection efficiency for thermal neutrons of up to 30%. Our FPGA program permits the simultaneous measurement of the track length and energy deposition for the resulting proton-triton tracks, allowing the separation of the proton and triton for improved position resolution. The detector features a spatial resolution of less than 120 mu m, a time resolution of similar to 1 mu s, and an effective gamma sensitivity of less than 10(-9). We report preliminary results from a third test experiment performed in February 2011 at the NOBORU beam line at the J-PARC spallation neutron source. We will also discuss ongoing efforts to optimize the gas mixture for improved position resolution and planned upgrades to the data acquisition system., IEEE
    2011 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM AND MEDICAL IMAGING CONFERENCE (NSS/MIC), 2011, [Reviewed]
  • Practical Applications of Permanent Magnet Multipoles
    Y. Iwashita; M. Ichikawa; M. Yamada; T. Sugimoto; H. Tongu; H. Fujisawa; M. Masuzawa; T. Tauchi; T. Oku; K. Hirota; H. M. Shimizu; Caitu Shi; Y. Zhu, Permanent magnets are superior to electromagnets in generating strong multipole magnetic fields. Their fields are sometimes stronger than those that can be generated by superconducting magnets with the same bore radius, when the number of poles are higher. Three fabricated multipoles including a quadrupole magnet for the ILC (International Linear Collider) final focus doublet, a quadrupole magnets as a spin filter for cold neutrons, and a sextupole magnet for neutron beam focusing are described., IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, Jun. 2010, [Reviewed]
  • Performance of a neutron imaging detector based on the μpIC micro-pixel gaseous chamber
    Joseph D. Parker; Masahide Harada; Kaori Hattori; Satoru Iwaki; Shigeto Kabuki; Yuji Kishimoto; Hidetoshi Kubo; Shunsuke Kurosawa; Kentaro Miuchi; Hironobu Nishimura; Takayuki Oku; Tatsuya Sawano; Takenao Shinohara; Jun-Ichi Suzuki; Toru Tanimori; Kazuki Ueno, A new detector employing a time projection chamber built on the micro-pixel gaseous chamber (PIC) and an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)-based data acquisition system has been developed as a thermal-neutron imaging detector for small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and neutron radiography. A small amount of 3He added to the gas mixture is used as the neutron absorber, giving a detection efficiency for thermal neutrons of up to 30%. An improved FPGA program permits the simultaneous measurement of the track length and energy deposition for the resulting proton-triton pairs, allowing the separation of the proton and triton for improved position resolution. Here we report the preliminary results of several test experiments performed at the NOBORU beam line at the J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source in November 2009 and June 2010. During these experiments, we observed time-averaged data rates up to 4.5 MHz, and with a time resolution on the order of 1 s per neutron event, we were able to cleanly separate the individual neutron pulses and determine neutron energy by time-of-flight. Using images of cadmium test charts, the position resolution of our detector was estimated as 315 15m (preliminary). We also successfully observed resonance absorption in various metals, SANS diffraction from spherical SiO2 nanoparticles, and Bragg edge transmission of a welded steel plate. © 2010 IEEE.
    IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2010, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a triplet magnetic lens system to focus a pulsed neutron beam
    Takayuki Oku; Hiroshi Kira; Takenao Shinohara; Shin-ichi Takata; Masatoshi Arai; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Hirohiko M. Shimizu, A triplet magnetic lens system composed of three sextupole-magnets and two spin flippers was constructed to focus pulsed neutrons in a wide wavelength range with same focal lengths. In this study, we performed a pulsed neutron beam focusing experiment with the system. The design of the system and the experimental results are shown and discussed., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEUTRON SCATTERING 2009, 2010, [Reviewed]
  • Performance of a Neutron Imaging Detector Based on the mu PIC Micro-Pixel Gaseous Chamber
    Joseph D. Parker; Masahide Harada; Kaori Hattori; Satoru Iwaki; Shigeto Kabuki; Yuji Kishimoto; Hidetoshi Kubo; Shunsuke Kurosawa; Kentaro Miuchi; Hironobu Nishimura; Takayuki Oku; Tatsuya Sawano; Takenao Shinohara; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Toru Tanimori; Kazuki Ueno, A new detector employing a time projection chamber built on the micro-pixel gaseous chamber (mu PIC) and an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)-based data acquisition system has been developed as a thermal-neutron imaging detector for small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and neutron radiography. A small amount of He-3 added to the gas mixture is used as the neutron absorber, giving a detection efficiency for thermal neutrons of up to 30%. An improved FPGA program permits the simultaneous measurement of the track length and energy deposition for the resulting proton-triton pairs, allowing the separation of the proton and triton for improved position resolution. Here we report the preliminary results of several test experiments performed at the NOBORU beam line at the J-PARC Spallation Neutron Source in November 2009 and June 2010. During these experiments, we observed time-averaged data rates up to 4.5 MHz, and with a time resolution on the order of 1 mu s per neutron event, we were able to cleanly separate the individual neutron pulses and determine neutron energy by time-of-flight. Using images of cadmium test charts, the position resolution of our detector was estimated as 315 +/- 15 mu m (preliminary). We also successfully observed resonance absorption in various metals, SANS diffraction from spherical SiO2 nanoparticles, and Bragg edge transmission of a welded steel plate., IEEE
    2010 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD (NSS/MIC), 2010, [Reviewed]
  • Small-angle polarized neutron scattering study of spherical Fe16N2 nano-particles for magnetic recording tape
    Takayuki Oku; Takayuki Kikuchi; Takenao Shinohara; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Yuya Ishii; Masayasu Takeda; Kazuhisa Kakurai; Yuji Sasaki; Mikio Kishimoto; Makoto Yokoyama; Yoshikazu Nishihara, We have performed small-angle polarized neutron scattering experiments of spherical Fe16N2 nanoparticles, which are potential candidate materials for high density magnetic recording tape. The results were analyzed based on a core-shell model, and we evaluated the magnetic structure of the particles. The correlation between the magnetic structure and magnetic stability of the particles were discussed in terms of high density recordings. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Sep. 2009, [Reviewed]
  • Design of a neutron polarizer using polarizing super mirrors for the TOF-SANS instrument at the J-PARC
    Takenao Shinohara; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Takayuki Oku; Shin-ichi Takata; Hiroshi Kira; Kentaro Suzuya; Kazuya Aizawa; Masatoshi Arai; Toshiya Otomo; Masaaki Sugiyama, Small-angle neutron scattering technique using polarized neutrons is powerful for studying structures in the range between nm and mu m of magnetic materials. In addition, they have been used for the incident beam of focusing-geometry SANS instruments using a magnetic neutron tens, where a high polarization degree of about 99.9% is necessary because the imperfectness of the neutron polarization increases the background level. We are going to install such a magnetic focusing system on the new time-of-flight SANS (TOF-SANS) instrument at the J-PARC so as to make q(min) smaller than 10(-3)angstrom(-1) and improve the resolution of the conventional TOF-SANS at low q. As a polarizing device of the instrument, two V-shaped polarizing super mirrors arranged in crossed geometry to enhance the polarization degree has been considered. In this paper, we present the concept and the detailed design of this device and its performance estimated by Monte Carlo simulations. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Sep. 2009, [Reviewed]
  • Development of modulating permanent magnet sextupole lens for focusing of pulsed cold neutrons
    Masako Yamada; Yoshihisa Iwashita; Masahiro Ichikawa; Takanori Sugimoto; Hiromu Tongu; Hiroshi Fujisawa; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Takashi Ino; Kenji Mishima; Kaoru Taketani; Tamaki Yoshioka; Suguru Muto; Takahiro Morishima; Takayuki Oku; Jun ichi Suzuki; Takenao Shinohara; Kenji Sakai; Hiromi Sato; Katsuya Hirota; Yoshie Otake; Yoshichika Seki; Shinsuke Kawasaki; Sachio Komamiya; Yoshio Kamiya; Hidetoshi Otono; Satoru Yamashita; Peter Geltenbort, Modulating permanent magnet sextupole lens (PMSx) for focusing pulsed cold neutrons is under development. The synchronized modulation of its field gradient suppresses the chromatic aberration which arises from the Time Of Flight method. The strength of the magnetic field, the torque, and the rise of temperature during its operation are studied on a fabricated prototype. Experiments on focusing pulsed very cold neutrons (VCN) at ILL (Institute of Laue Langevin, France) were carried out and VCN with around λ=40 Å were focused by the PMSx at a focal length of about 0.5 m. The experimental results are presented in conjunction with the principle of the neutron focusing and the modulating method of the focal strength of permanent magnet lens with the double ring structure. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Physica B: Condensed Matter, 01 Sep. 2009, [Reviewed]
  • Highly polarized very cold neutrons through a permanent magnet quadrupole
    Kaoru Taketani; Kenji Mishima; Takashi Ino; Tamaki Yoshioka; Suguru Muto; Takahiro Morishima; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Takayuki Oku; Junichi Suzuki; Takenao Shinohara; Kenji Sakai; Hiromi Sato; Katsuya Hirota; Yoshie Otake; Masaaki Kitaguchi; Masahiro Hino; Yoshichika Seki; Yoshihisa Iwashita; Masako Yamada; Masahiro Ichikawa; Takanori Sugimoto; Shinsuke Kawasaki; Sachio Komamiya; Yoshio Kamiya; Hidetoshi Otono; Satoru Yamashita; Peter Geltenbort, We obtained highly polarized very cold neutrons through a quadrupole magnet with a large aperture. When neutrons go through a quadrupole magnet, parallel-spin neutrons are attracted to the magnet axis and anti-parallel-spin neutrons are repelled off the axis. Therefore, the neutrons through a sufficiently long quadrupole magnet have completely parallel-spin. At the downstream of the quadrupole magnet, we placed another quadrupole magnet to divide neutrons into two regions depending on their spin directions. We obtained the neutron polarization from the integrated count of the two regions and found it was 99.88±0.09 (stat.)±0.05 (syst.)%. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Physica B: Condensed Matter, 01 Sep. 2009, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a compact on-beam SEOP neutron spin filter
    Takashi Ino; Mitsutaka Nakamura; Takayuki Oku; Takenao Shinohara; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Kenji Ohoyama; Haruhiro Hiraka, We have designed and demonstrated a prototype on-beam spin-exchange optical pumping (SEOP) (3)He neutron spin filter (NSF). It is designed as the incident neutron polarizer for spallation neutron sources. where the installation space is limited due to thick radiation shielding. The size of the NSF is roughly 50cm x 50cm x 25 cm including the diode-laser optics with a frequency narrowing external cavity, and a cylindrical (3)He cell as large as a diameter of 5 cm and a length of 10 cm can fit. A neutron beam test was performed at the NOP beamline of JRR-3 to see the performance of the NSF. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Sep. 2009, [Reviewed]
  • Magnetic Intraparticle Structure in Ferromagnetic Pd Nanoparticle
    Yojiro Oba; Takenao Shinohara; Takayuki Oku; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Masato Ohnuma; Tetsuya Sato, The small-angle neutron scattering measurement of Pd nanoparticles was performed to investigate their intraparticle magnetic Structures. The magnetic scattering from the magnetization of the samples was observed using the polarized neutron. The nuclear scattering indicated that the Pd nanoparticles can be regarded as spherical particles, and the magnetic scattering is explained based on the shell model that the particle is composed of magnetic core and shell. The magnetic moment of the core was larger than that of the shell. These results suggest that the spontaneous magnetization of the Pit nanoparticles mainly exists in the core region., PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN
    JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, Apr. 2009, [Reviewed]
  • Simulation study of a pulsed neutron focusing using a pulsed electromagnetic lens coupled with a permanent magnet
    H. Iwashita; H. Iwasa; F. Hiraga; T. Kamiyama; Y. Kiyanagi; J. Suzuki; T. Shinohara; T. Oku; H. M. Shimizu, A pulsed sextupole electromagnetic lens with suitably controlled time-dependent magnetic field can in principle focus pulsed neutrons at the same focal point over a wide range of wavelength as the lens removes aberrations. However, in fact, it is difficult to focus neutrons over a wide range of wavelength because attenuation of a practical pulsed sextupole electromagnet is faster than an ideal case. We have devised a method of canceling the difference between the practical pulsed sextupole magnetic field and the ideal magnetic field with the use of a permanent sextupole magnet. We performed simulation calculations to investigate the feasibility of this method, and it was shown that focusing wavelength range spread compared with the case using a pulsed magnetic lens only. This result indicates the usefulness of the method. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Feb. 2009, [Reviewed]
  • Design and performance analyses of the new time-of-flight smaller-angle neutron scattering instrument at J-PARC
    Takenao Shinohara; Shin-ichi Takata; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Takayuki Oku; Kentaro Suzuya; Kazuya Aizawa; Masatoshi Arai; Toshiya Otomo; Masaaki Sugiyama, The new time-of-flight smaller-angle neutron scattering (TOF-SANS) instrument HI-SANS is projected to be built in the Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF) of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The target of the HI-SANS is to study microstructures and hierarchical structures of nano-meter sized materials and their complexes. For the simultaneous collection of scattering data in the wide q range (similar to 3 x 10(-3) < q < similar to 50 angstrom(-1)) with good q-resolution and high efficiency, this instrument is designed to use large area detectors and broad wavelength bandwidth within the first frame. For the high-quality beam transport and the efficacious utilization of pulsed neutrons, the state of the art neutron optics is installed. Moreover, a focusing device based on sextupole magnets is adopted in the TOF-SANS for the first time to make accessible minimum q value (q(min)) lower with high q resolution. The design optimization and performance analyses of the HI-SANS have been performed by Monte Carlo simulations. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Feb. 2009, [Reviewed]
  • Pulsed neutron beam control using a magnetic multiplet lens
    Takayuki Oku; Takenao Shinohara; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Roger Pynn; Hirohiko M. Shimizu, As a magnetic neutron lens based on a sextupole magnet to focus neutrons has chromatic aberration, it has been proposed that the chromatic aberration can be compensated in the pulsed neutron beam focusing by combining the focusing and defocusing functions of the multiplet magnetic lens system synchronously with time-of-flight (TOF) of neutrons. In this study, we performed numerical simulations on the multiplet magnetic lens system to investigate how a pulsed neutron beam can be controlled on the basis of the TOF method. It was then confirmed that the chromatic aberration can be compensated and the focal condition can be maintained over a certain A-range by utilizing plural magnetic lenses in series and choosing the focusing and defocusing function of each magnetic lens synchronously with TOF of neutrons. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Feb. 2009, [Reviewed]
  • 2D elemental analysis approach in focused neutron beam induced prompt gamma-ray analysis at JAEA
    M. Segawa; H. Matsue; Y. Sekiya; S. Yamada; T. Shinohara; T. Oku; H. Sasao; J. Suzuki; H. M. Shimizu, We have constructed a new system which could analyze a position distribution of several elements in a sample with 2 dimensional prompt gamma-ray analysis (2D PGA) system using focused neutron beam at JAEA. We aimed that the system could analyze local information in a sample with a good signal gamma-ray from interested elements to noise of background gamma-ray ratio. As a result, this system could determine the position resolution and spatial resolution within 1 mm., SPRINGER
    JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, Dec. 2008, [Reviewed]
  • Application of a neutron-polarizing device based on a quadrupole magnet to a focusing SANS instrument with a magnetic neutron lens
    T. Oku; T. Shinohara; T. Kikuchi; Y. Oba; H. Iwase; S. Koizumi; J. Suzuki; H. M. Shimizu, A magnetic neutron lens based on a sextupole magnet is considered an ideal neutron-focusing device for focusing-geometry small-angle neutron scattering (FSANS) instruments using polarized neutrons. However, the magnetic neutron lens functions both as focusing and defocusing lens for positive and negative polarity neutrons, respectively. Negative polarity neutrons are defocused by the lens and spread over the detector of the instrument, resulting in an increase of the background level. Therefore, a neutron-polarizing device with a very high polarizing efficiency P greater than or similar to 0.99 is required to be employed together with the magnetic neutron lens. A neutron-polarizing device based on a quadrupole magnet has a very high polarizing efficiency P greater than or similar to 0.99, which is sufficient for the application to the FSANS instrument. In this study, we installed the quadrupole magnet in the FSANS instrument SANS-J-II and investigated its performance with respect to the conventional magnetic super-mirror polarizers of the FSANS instrument., IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Mar. 2008, [Reviewed]
  • A high-resolution two-dimensional He-3 neutron MSGC with pads for neutron scattering experiments
    K. Fujita; H. Takahashi; P. Siritiprussamee; H. Niko; K. Nishi; Y. Takada; T. Oku; J. Suzuki; T. Ino; H. M. Shimizu; M. Furusaka, High-resolution neutron imaging detectors are required for future high-intensity neutron sources such as the J-PARC project in Japan. We are developing a high-resolution gaseous neutron detector by using the microstrip gas chamber (MSGC) with floating-pad readout method. In this paper, we describe the neutron detector performance obtained with this MSGC and the readout method. For a 3 cm x 3 cm MSGC filled with 5 bar CF4 and 0.5 bar He-3, we could achieve a measured position resolution of 0.6 mm (FWHM) including the beam size and the parallax error. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Oct. 2007, [Reviewed]
  • Highly polarized cold neutron beam obtained by using a quadrupole magnet
    Takayuki Oku; Satoru Yamada; Takenao Shinohara; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Kenji Mishima; Katsuya Hirota; Hiromi Sato; Hirohiko M. Shimizu, We performed a cold neutron polarization experiment using a polarization device based on a quadrupole magnet. By passing through the aperture of the quadrupole magnet, positive and negative polarity neutrons are accelerated in opposite directions and spatially separated due to the magnetic field gradient. Then, we extracted the one-spin component and analyzed the polarization degree by using a sextupole magnet and position-sensitive detector. As a result, very high neutron polarization degree P = 0.9993 +/- 0.0025 was obtained. Advantages of the quadrupole magnet as the neutron polarization device and its application to neutron scattering experiments are discussed. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jul. 2007, [Reviewed]
  • Hierarchic structure of shish-kebab by neutron scattering in a wide Q range
    Toshiji Kanaya; Go Matsuba; Yoshiko Ogino; Koji Nishida; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Takenao Shinohara; Takayuki Oku; Junichi Suzuki; Toshiya Otomo, We performed small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering (SANS and SAXS) measurements on an elongated blend of low molecular weight deuterated polyethylene (PE) and high molecular weight hydrogenated one (97.2/2.8) in a very wide range of scattering vector of 1 x 10(-4)-3 A(-1) to elucidate hierarchic structure of the so-called shish-kebab. Comparing the SANS and SAXS data, we found that the hydrogenated high molecular weight PE formed a large and long object aligned along the elongation direction. The SANS data were analyzed in terms of the multicore-shell cylinder model, and we found that the long oriented structure had radius of similar to 1 mu m and length of similar to 12 mu m and included about three extended chain crystals with radius of similar to 45 A. We believe that this oriented long object with a relatively low aspect ratio of about 12:1, which is called the row structure in this paper, is a precursor formed from deformation of network of high molecular weight components due to entanglements., AMER CHEMICAL SOC
    MACROMOLECULES, May 2007, [Reviewed]
  • Wide-q observation from 10(-4) to 2.0 A(-1) using a focusing and polarized neutron small-angle scattering spectrometer, SANS-J-II
    Hiroki Iwase; Satoshi Koizumi; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Takayuki Oku; Hajime Sasao; Hirokazu Tanaka; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Takeji Hashimoto, In order to extend an upper q-limit [q is the magnitude of the scattering vector q, defined by q = (4 pi/lambda)sin theta, where lambda and 2 theta are the wavelength and the scattering angle, respectively], high-angle He-3 sub-detectors were installed on a focusing and polarized neutron small-angle scattering spectrometer (SANS-J-II) at JRR-3, Tokai, Japan. Consequently, the upper q-limit was improved from 0.2 to 2.0 angstrom(-1). To quantitatively discriminate spin incoherent scattering from hydrogen or to perform nuclear spin polarization contrast variation, a remanent supermirror analyser is also available on the high-angle sub-detector. By combining a focusing ultra-small-angle scattering, realised by compound and/or magnetic lens and high-resolution area detector, SANS-J-II is able to cover from 3 x 10(-4) to 2.0 angstrom(-1) (four orders of magnitude of q), which benefits investigation of hierarchically ordered systems, found widely in hard, soft and bio-materials., BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
    JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Apr. 2007, [Reviewed]
  • Focusing and polarized neutron small-angle scattering spectrometer (SANS-J-II). The challenge of observation over length scales from an angstrorm to a micrometre
    Satoshi Koizumi; Hiroki Iwase; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Takayuki Oku; Ryuhei Motokawa; Hajime Sasao; Hirokazu Tanaka; Daisuke Yamaguchi; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Takeji Hashimoto, SANS-J (a pinhole small-angle neutron scattering spectrometer at research reactor JRR3, Tokai, Japan) was reconstructed as a focusing and polarized neutron small-angle scattering spectrometer (SANS-J-II). By employing focusing lenses of a biconcave MgF2 crystal or of a sextupole permanent magnet and a high-resolution photomultiplier, the minimum accessible magnitude of the scattering vector q(min) was improved from 3 x 10(-3) angstrom(-1) to an ultra-small-angle scattering (USAS) of 3 x 10(-4) angstrom(-1). Compared with a Bonse-Hart double-crystal method, the advantages of focusing USAS are the efficient detection of anisotropic USAS with an area detector, an improvement in q resolution Delta q/q at conventional magnitudes of the scattering vector q similar to 10(-3) angstrom(-1) and a gain in neutron flux in the conventional q region of q similar to 10(-3) angstrom(-1)., BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
    JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Apr. 2007, [Reviewed]
  • A focusing-geometry small-angle neutron scattering instrument with a magnetic neutron lens
    Takayuki Oku; Hiroki Iwase; Takenao Shinohara; Satoru Yamada; Katsuya Hirota; Satoshi Koizumi; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Takeji Hashimoto; Hirohiko M. Shimizu, We have constructed a focusing-geometry small-angle neutron scattering (FSANS) instrument, SANS-J-II, with two kinds of neutron focusing device: a series of compound refractive lenses made of MgF2 and a magnetic neutron lens based on an extended Halbach-type sextupole magnet. In this study, we investigated the performance of the FSANS instrument with the magnetic neutron lens. The intensity distribution of a direct neutron beam focused on the detector plane by the magnetic neutron lens had a ratio of the peak height to the background level of similar to 6 x 10(4) for a polarized neutron beam with a polarization degree of similar to 0: 99. It is found that a minimum value of the measurable q range [where q is the modulus of the scattering vector and is defined as q = (4 pi / lambda) sin(theta /2), where theta is the scattering angle and lambda is the neutron wavelength], q(min), of 6.5 x 10(-4) angstrom(-1) can be achieved by the FSANS instrument with the magnetic neutron lens using neutrons with lambda = 6.6 angstrom and Delta lambda/lambda = 0.13 for the full width at half maximum., BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
    JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Apr. 2007, [Reviewed]
  • Focusing and polarized neutron ultra-small-angle scattering spectrometer (SANS-J-II) at Research Reactor JRR3, Japan
    Satoshi Koizumi; Hiroki Iwase; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Takayuki Oku; Ryuhei Motokawa; Hajime Sasao; Hirokazu Tanaka; Daisuke Yamaguchi; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Takeji Hashimoto, By employing focusing lenses of sextupole permanent magnet and biconcave MgF2 crystal, and high-resolution photomultiplier, SANS-J (pinhole small-angle neutron scattering spectrometer at research reactor JRR3, Tokai) was reconstructed to focusing and polarized neutron ultra-small-angle scattering spectrometer (SANS-J-II). Consequently, an accessible minimum wave number q(min) was improved from 3 x 10(-3) angstrom(-1) to 3 x 10(-4) angstrom(-1). Furthermore, we added He-3 sub-detectors with an analyzer super mirror at a sample position. With this setup, we perform polarization analysis at high q (> U angstrom(-1)) in order to quantitatively discriminate spin incoherent scattering from hydrogen or to perform spin contrast variation, by a dynamic nuclear polarization method (> 0.2 angstrom(-1)) (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Nov. 2006, [Reviewed]
  • Simulation study of neutron focusing effect on a pulsed sextupole magnetic lens using PHITS code
    I. Mitsutake; Y. Kiyanagi; T. Kamiyama; K. Nitta; J. Suzuki; T. Oku; H. M. Shimizu, We have performed various simulation calculations for a pulsed sextupole magnetic lens to look for the best condition of focusing experiments, assuming conditions of the pulse magnetic lens now under construction. Here, we placed a slit between the pulsed neutron moderator and the neutron lens, in order to see the focusing effect clearly. For the simulation, we used PHITS code to know influences of the position of the slit on the intensity of focused neutron beam, the focal point, and the broadening of the focal point. Increase of the distance of the slit from the source resulted in the decrease of the peak intensity of neutron beam at the focal point. Full-width at half-maximum of the neutron distribution along the incident beam direction around the focal point, broadened with increasing the distance, and the focal distance also became longer. The intensity ratios defined by (intensity with magnetic field)/(intensity without magnetic field) also increased with decreasing the distance. Therefore, it is better to set a slit near the moderator. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Nov. 2006, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a multichannel parabolic guide for thermal neutron beam focusing
    Satoru Yamada; Takenao Shinohara; Hajime Sasao; Takayuki Oku; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Hideaki Matsue; Hirohiko M. Shimizu, We have developed a multichannel parabolic guide for thermal neutron beam focusing. The guide was designed with multichannel structure, seven channels in the present case, to focus a neutron beam with wide cross section effectively. The multichannel structure is made with parabolically bent NiC/Ti supermirrors with critical reflection angles in = 3.0 and 3.6 times as much as that of nickel and thickness of 0.55 mm. The guide consists of two focusing devices with each length of 900 mm, which are separated by a gap of 150 mm for neutron beta decay experiments. The focal length of the guide is 995 mm away from the exit of the guide. The cross section of the guide is 90 x 20 mm(2) at the entrance and 52.3 x 12.1 mm(2) at the exit. The guide was installed at a thermal neutron beam line for neutron-induced prompt gamma-ray analysis (PGA) of JRR-3M in JAEA with straight supermirror guides with in = 3.0. Focusing properties of the parabolic guide were measured at the focal point with a CCD imaging system and we obtained a gain of 9.6 and 4.1 in peak flux compared with those in cases of using the vacuum tube and the straight guide, respectively. The parabolic guide has been successfully used to enhance the efficacy of PGA and have also applied to neutron beta decay experiments. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Nov. 2006, [Reviewed]
  • Development of neutron Anger-camera detector based on flatpanel PMT
    Katsuya Hirota; Setsuo Satoh; Kenji Sakai; Takenao Shinohara; Kazuaki Ikeda; Kenji Mishima; Satoru Yamada; Takayuki Oku; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Michihiro Furusaka; Hirohiko M. Shimizu, A neutron scintillating detector and its data taking system have been developed for neutron scattering measurement. A 64-channel flatpanel photomultiplier is used for the Anger-camera method. The detection efficiency of gamma-ray background is very low in the use of the ZnS/(LiF)-Li-6 scintillator. The spatial resolution is less than 1 mm. The effective area of this detector is around 25 cm(2), and it is easy to expand it to a larger area with small dead space using the multi-photomultiplier tubes system. The fast DAQ system has 10-bit 100 MHz flash ADCs, FPGA chips and USB2.0 device. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Nov. 2006, [Reviewed]
  • Thermal neutron refraction by material prism
    Takenao Shinohara; Katsuya Hirota; Tomohiro Adachi; Kazuaki Ikeda; Hirohiko M. Shimizu; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Takayuki Oku, Neutron refractive optics is a powerful tool for beam focusing due to its large effective aperture compared to reflective optics. Because neutron refraction angle decreases with shorter wavelengths, the application of refractive optics has been restricted to the cold neutron range. To expand the applicable wavelength range, we have developed a new refractive optics using an amorphous perfluoropolymer. This refractive optics is composed of several hundred thin sheets, each of which has a large number of grooves on the top surface. The refraction experiment was performed at the H-8 beam port of KENS, and it was confirmed that the thermal neutron beam can be refracted using this material prism. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Nov. 2006, [Reviewed]
  • Development of measurement system of neutron beta decay
    Kenji Mishima; Satoru Yamada; Hiromi Sato; Katsuya Hirota; Takenao Shinohara; Takahiro Morishima; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Takayuki Oku; Hirohiko M. Shimizu, Precise measurement of neutron beta decay allows determining the coupling constant of weak interaction independent of any nuclear structure. We have developed measurement system of neutron beta decay at a thermal neutron beamline in JRR-3, JAEA. By using coincidence technique of two kinds of detectors, we have succeeded in detecting the signal of neutron beta decay with S/N of 0.63 aud count rate of 0.40cps. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Nov. 2006, [Reviewed]
  • A magnetic neutron lens based on an extended Halbach-type permanent sextupole magnet
    Takayuki Oku; Satoru Yamada; Hajime Sasao; Jun-ichi Suzuki; Takenao Shinohara; Katsuya Hirota; Kazuaki Ikeda; Tsuyosi Tsuzaki; Yoshiaki Kiyanagi; Michihiro Furusaka; Hirohiko M. Shimizu, We have developed a magnetic neutron lens (MNL) based on an extended Halbach-type permanent sextupole magnet. The effective aperture size is 30 mm in diameter and the length is 2400 mm. The sextupole magnetic field distribution vertical bar B vertical bar = (G/2) r(2) with the gradient coefficient G = 10,660 +/- 530 T/m(2) are generated inside the magnet, where r is the distance from the magnet center axis. The neutron-focusing property is investigated by using pulsed polarized neutrons. The obtained results are discussed in comparison with numerical simulation results. The application to the focusing-geometry small-angle neutron scattering experiments is discussed. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Nov. 2006, [Reviewed]
  • Nb3Sn sextupole magnet for neutron beam focusing
    K. Okamoto; K. Nakamura; Y. Seki; M. Ohno; T. Takao; C. Mitsuda; N. Ohuchi; T. Shintomi; K. Tsuchiya; T. Adachi; H. Shimizu; T. Oku; J. Suzuki; S. Kimura; S. Hanai; M. Urata; I. Watanabe, In order to obtain a high-intensity neutron beam for neutron scattering experiments, strong sextupole magnets with large apertures are useful as a focusing element. We have started the development of a Nb3Sn sextupole magnet for this purpose. The design field strength of the sextupole is 12780 T/m(2) and the aperture of the. coil is 46 mm in diameter. As a first step of the development, three model coils have be en made in order to learn about Nb3Sn technology and to evaluate the fabrication techniques., Single-pole tests of these coils have been performed to assess the conductor stability and training behavior of the Nb3Sn coils. This paper describes the design of the magnet, the fabrication of the model coils and the results of single-pole tests., IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, Jun. 2006, [Reviewed]
  • Development of MSGC with GLG method
    NIKO H; FUJITA K; TAKAHASHI H; SIRITIPRUSSAMEE P; NAKAZAWA M; FURUSAKA M; KISHIMOTO S; INO T; SUZUKI J; OKU T; TOYOKAWA H, 応用物理学会放射線分科会
    Ionizing radiation., 01 Apr. 2006
  • Transmission bender for polarizing neutrons
    T Krist; J Peters; HM Shimizu; J Suzuki; T Oku, A system of a polarizing solid state bender and a collimator was built and tested. The bender consists of a stack of thin silicon wafers coated with polarizing FeCo-Si supermirrors. The stack is deflected in the middle by one wafer thickness. Inserted in an unpolarized neutron beam this device works as a spin splitter by transmitting the spin down component without any change in its flight path and reflecting the spin up component. With a collimator behind the bender it can be selected which one of the spin components is transmitted. In this way a transmission polarizer for neutrons with wavelengths above 4Angstrom was built which has a total length of less than 10cm. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Feb. 2005, [Reviewed]
  • Some experimental studies on time-of-flight radiography using a pulsed neutron source
    Y Kiyanagi; N Sakamoto; H Iwasa; T Kamiyama; F Hiraga; S Sato; H Sagehashi; T Ino; M Furusaka; J Suzuki; A Gorin; Manuilov, I; A Ryazantsev; K Kuroda; K Sakai; F Tokanai; H Miyasaka; T Adachi; T Oku; K Ikeda; S Suzuki; K Morimoto; HM Shimizu, We are developing a fiber type two-dimentional (2-D) position-sensitive detector having a spatial resolution less than 0.5 mm in order to use it in the time-of-flight (TOF) measurements. The detector performance was examined, and some experiments on the TOF radiography were performed using this detector. The results indicated that the detector could be applied successfully to the TOF measurement and that the TOF radiography was very useful since it gave more informative data than those obtained by the conventional radiography using a broad energy band., IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE, Feb. 2005, [Reviewed]
  • Development of polarized neutron optics
    HM Shimizu; T Oku; J Suzuki; M Furusaka; Y Kiyanagi, Neutron magnetic optics is a spin-selective optics and suitable for precise focusing since it is free from interactions with materials. We discuss its applications to measure the small angle neutron scattering in low-q regions. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Feb. 2005, [Reviewed]
  • A demonstration study of focusing geometry SANS using a magnetic lens
    T Oku; J Suzuki; H Sasao; S Yamada; M Furusaka; T Adachi; T Shinohara; K Ikeda; HM Shimizu, A demonstration study of focusing geometry small-angle neutron scattering (FSANS) experiment was successfully performed using a superconducting sextupole magnet as a neutron focusing device and a polarized cold neutron beam. The obtained small-angle neutron scattering intensities from monodispersed SiO2 spherical particles were discussed in terms of the scattering function taking into account the q-resolution. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Feb. 2005, [Reviewed]
  • High intensity neutron spin flip chopper
    T. Ebisawa; K. Soyama; D. Yamazaki; S. Tasaki; K. Sakai; T. Oku; R. Maruyama; M. Hino, We have proposed multi-stage spin flip chopper system to realize very high S/N ratio. Very high S/N ratios of about 3000 and 105 have been demonstrated for double and triple spin flip chopper systems, respectively. We here describe a double neutron spin flip chopper system applicable to pulsed source using polarizing bent guide tubes instead of simple magenetic mirrors, in order to obtain a high intensity and high S/N ratio. Simulation results show that it will realize spin flip chopper of high neutron intensity and S/N ratios. © 2005 Taylor &
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    Journal of Neutron Research, 2005, [Reviewed]
  • Boron based oxide scintillation glass for neutron detection
    M Ishii; Y Kuwano; T Asai; S Asaba; M Kawamura; N Senguttuvan; T Hayashi; M Kobayashi; M Nikl; S Hosoya; K Sakai; T Adachi; T Oku; HM Shimizu, The luminescence property of Ce-doped oxide glass having B and Li with large absorption coefficient for neutron was investigated by optical transmittance, alpha particle, and neutron irradiation. The light output of the B2O3-Li2O:CeO2 glass system increased with the increase in B2O3 and CeO2. It was observed that the decay time which showed composition dependence varied in the range 30-45 ns. Although the light output by neutron irradiation is 9.2% of Li-glass, low density and high neutron absorption with short decay time make this new boron-based glass scintillator useful for neutron detection. (c) 2001 Elsevier Science. All rights reserved (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Jan. 2005, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a neutron detector based on a position-sensitive photomultiplier
    K Hirota; T Shinohara; K Ikeda; K Mishima; T Adachi; T Morishima; S Satoh; T Oku; S Yamada; H Sasao; J Suzuki; HM Shimizu, A neutron scintillation detector based on a position-sensitive photomultiplier has been developed for neutron spin echo and small angle neutron scattering measurements. This photomultiplier has good spatial resolution, less than 1 mm(2). The detection efficiency of gamma ray background is very low for using a thin ZnS/(LiF)-Li-6 scintillator. The effective area of this detector is around 60 cm(2)., ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
    PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2005, [Reviewed]
  • Preliminary results on development of a thin GSO scintillator for neutron science
    JH Kaneko; N Susa; S Tsuchida; M Watanabe; S Miura; T Mizuno; Y Yamauchi; M Hashiba; T Oku; A Homma; F Fujita; T Ino; M Furusaka; T Sawamura; HM Shimizu; Y Kiyanagi, A thin GSO scintillator was developed aiming at applications for the neutron science. In order to fabricate a large and thin GSO scintillator in the future, fabrication was started from two types of GSO powders. Although several GSO films were fabricated by evaporation techniques, these films did not have luminescence in photo luminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Thus, these samples were annealed up to 1550degreesC. However, it resulted in no luminescence observation. In response to these results, GSO powders were directly annealed; a phenomenon looking like melting and sintering were observed for Gd2Si2O7:Ce at a temperature higher than 1500degreesC. This sample was quasi-transparent and had luminescence at 405 nm in PL spectrum. In addition, this sample was tougher than a GSO single crystal. In conclusion, the prospect of fabrication of a thin GSO scintillator by combination of annealing and mechanical polishing was obtained. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Fabrication process and system for neutron refractive optics
    H Ohmori; W Lin; J Guo; Y Uehara; S Morita; N Mitsuishi; K Yoshikawa; M Ohmori; K Ikeda; T Oku; T Adachi; HM Shimizu, The authors developed a new fabrication process and system for neutron refractive optics, and propose a new design for Fresnel lens refracting cold-neutron beam in this paper. Applying the ultraprecision electrolytic in-process dressing (ELID) micro-grinding technique using cast-iron-bonded diamond wheels with edges sharpened by electrical and mechanical processes, the authors successfully fabricated the required element with sharp and smooth V-faced Fresnel structures using quartz glass or MgF2 glass. The relationship of the form accuracy of the fabricated Fresnel lens and changes in grinding wheel shape is also discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a compound focusing lens: improvement of signal-noise ratio
    T Adachi; K Ikeda; T Shinohara; K Hirota; T Oku; J Suzuki; H Sato; K Hoshino; J Guo; W Lin; H Ohmori; HM Shimizu; K Sakai; KC Littrell; CK Loong, We proposed a method to improve signal-noise ratio of the Fresnel-type neutron lens. The Gd mask of concentric circle thin layer reduced 80% noise, at the best, due to the Fresnel-type lens shape. As the transmission for 1.1 nm neutrons decreased from 0.83 to 0.79 by using the Gd mask, the loss was 0.04. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Nb3Sn coil R&D of a superconducting sextupole magnet for neutron refractive optics device
    Watanabe, I; S Hanai; M Kyoto; T Shintomi; K Tsuchiya; J Suzuki; T Oku; T Adachi; HM Shimizu, A Nb3Sn coil for a superconducting sextupole magnet with 40 mm in bore diameter to be used as a neutron refractive optics device was manufactured. The length of the coil is 1 m and the thickness is 23 mm with the saddle shape at the ends. The suspended angle of the coil is 20degrees. The current 930 A was achieved at 4.2 K and the current density was 1189 A/m mm(2). The strength of the magnetic field gradient G = 2B(r)/r(2) (r: distance from the center axis of the sextupole magnet) at this current is estimated to be 21,000 T/m(2). (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Monte-Carlo simulation codes development and their applications to neutron optical devices and neutron scattering instruments
    M Furusaka; K Niita; S Suzuki; K Fujita; J Suzuki; T Oku; HM Shimizu; T Otomo; M Misawa, We incorporated magnetic and gravitational interactions into the neutronic code "PHITS" developed at JAERI, which is the unified code of the high-energy particle-transport code NMTC/JAERI and MCNP-type low energy code. Using the code, inelastic and multiple-scattering effects in water sample for SANS experiment was demonstrated. Numerical simulation of focusing SANS instrument that has a sextupole magnet has been conducted, and the spin-flip processes in the non-adiabatic region along the central region of the magnet were clearly observed. Gravitational effects were also evaluated. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • A test of track imaging by cold neutron using optical capillary gas proportional counter
    F Tokanai; S Motegi; H Sakurai; S Gunji; JI Suzuki; T Oku, We have preliminarily investigated the performance of the optical capillary gas proportional counter (CGPC) to obtain the absorption point of cold neutron at JRR-3 in JAERI. The CGPC with a gas mixture of He-3 + 8%CH4 + 2%TMA at 1.1atm was operated at the gas gain of up to 10 000. A track image produced from a nuclear reaction between a cold neutron and 3 He was a straight line. For the track image, the triton and the proton were identified. The identification indicates that the neutron absorption point can precisely determine from the track image. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Luminescence of doped lithium tetraborate single crystals and glass
    M Ishii; Y Kuwano; S Asaba; T Asai; M Kawamura; N Senguttuvan; T Hayashi; M Koboyashi; M Nikl; S Hosoya; K Sakai; T Adachi; T Oku; HM Shimizu, Lithium tetraborate single crystal doped with Cu seems to be a promising new material for neutron detection. With the presence of Li and B, both having large cross section for neutron capture, efficient neutron detection is expected with high-energy deposits. In the present work, we chose 14 different dopants from Ia, Ib, IIIa, IVa and Va groups in the periodic table besides the rare earth Ce ion. The crystals were grown to a size of 20 mm in diameter and 70 mm in length by vertical Bridgman method. The grown crystals were characterized by optical transmittance and excitation-emission studies. Transmittance and emission characteristics of Ce-doped lithium borate glass are also reported. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved., PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
    RADIATION MEASUREMENTS, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Development of Ni/Ti supermirrors with large-m and a curved surface
    K Ikeda; T Adachi; T Shinohara; T Morishima; K Hirota; Y Takizawa; H Sato; HM Shimizu; M Hino; S Tasaki; T Oku; K Soyama, Nickel/titanium supermirrors with critical reflection angles theta(c) of m = 3-5 times the critical angle of total reflection of natural Ni theta(c)(Ni) were fabricated on silicon substrates 3 in. in diameter and 3 mm in thickness by a DC magnetron C sputtering system using the facing targets technique, and the neutron reflectivity of the supermirrors was evaluated for cold neutrons of 8.8 Angstrom in wavelength. The supermirrors with 532 layers and with 468 layers achieved a reflectivity of 84% and 53% at their theta(c) of in = 2.9 and 3.7, respectively, while supermirrors with more than 630 layers had reduced reflectivity at angles smaller than theta(c). This reduction resulted from the formation of a non-multilayered pillar structure due to the growth of interface roughness between layers. Using supermirrors with in not more than 3, we designed a paraboloidal focusing mirror and proposed a prototype to obtain approximately 5 times the utilizable neutrons at the focal point for cold neutrons of 8 Angstrom. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron optics and a superconducting magnetic lens for small-angle neutron scattering with focusing geometry
    HM Shimizu; T Adachi; M Furusaka; Y Kiyanagi; T Oku; H Sasao; T Shinohara; J Suzuki, Neutron optics has a potential to remarkably improve the performance of neutron scattering instruments. A superconducting sextupole magnet was constructed and characterized. The application of the magnetic optics to the small-angle neutron scattering with the focusing geometry is discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Feasibility study on application of a magnetic neutron lens to SANS experiments
    T Oku; J Suzuki; H Sasao; T Adachi; T Shinohara; K Ikeda; T Morishima; K Sakai; Y Kiyanagi; M Furusaka; HM Shimizu, The neutron focusing effect of a superconducting sextupole magnet has been investigated using unpolarized and polarized cold neutrons. The feasibility on the application of the magnetic lens to small-angle neutron scattering experiments are discussed. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a magnetic focusing device for pulsed neutrons
    J Suzuki; T Oku; T Adachi; HM Shimizu; Y Kiyanagi; T Kamiyama; F Hiraga; H Iwasa; K Sato; M Furusaka, Steady sextupole magnet has a function as neutron beam focusing device with chromatic aberration. In order to solve the chromatic aberration we have developed a pulsed sextupole electromagnet for focusing pulsed neutrons. In the magnet, the gradient of magnetic field is controlled in time to the neutron passage through the magnet, as faster neutrons feel a stronger magnetic field gradient than slower neutrons. The idea, design, current status and application of the magnet are described. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Development of an optical device for thermal neutrons by amorphous perfluoropolymer
    T Shinohara; T Adachi; K Ikeda; T Morishima; K Hirota; HM Shimizu; T Oku; J Suzuki, We have developed a prototype of neutron prism made of an amorphous perfluoropolymer CYTOP. This prism was composed of 100 thin sheets with a series of narrow "V"-shaped grooves at one side of each sheet. The small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) intensity of CYTOP was very small and was constant. The refraction effect study using cold neutrons with the wavelength of 6-12 Angstrom revealed that the refracting angle by the prism for 8 Angstrom neutrons was 1.5 mrad. According to these results, it is possible to realize a refractive device for thermal neutrons using amorphous perfluoropolymer CYTOP with more sheets and some refinements in the shape and the film quality. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Development of position-sensitive neutron detector based on scintillator
    K Sakai; K Hirota; T Adachi; K Ikeda; T Morishima; HM Shimizu; M Furusaka; S Sato; Y Kiyanagi; N Sakamoto; T Sakuma; T Oku; J Suzuki; K Littrell; CK Loong; JB Czirr; TK McKnight, For evaluating neutron optical devices, we have developed the two-dimensional position-sensitive neutron detectors (PSNTD) of the crossing fibre array type. In parallel, we have studied the PSNDs of the direct coupling type with flat panel photomultiplier tubes for responding to various spatial resolutions with high detection efficiency. This paper views and reports on the recent status of development of PSNDs based on neutron scintillators in neutron optics group. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Formation of very short pulse by neutron spin flip chopper for J-PARC
    T Ebisawa; K Soyama; D Yamazaki; S Tasaki; K Sakai; T Oku; R Maruyama; M Hino, We have developed neutron spin flip choppers with high S/N ratio and high intensity for pulsed sources using multistage spin flip choppers. It is not easy for us to obtain a very short neutron pulse less than 10 mus using a spin flip chopper, due to the time constant L/R in the normal LR circuit. We will discuss a method obtaining a very short neutron pulse applying the modified push-pull circuit proposed by Ito and Takahashi [4] to the double spin flip chopper with polarizing guides. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Aug. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Possible application of compound Fresnel lens for neutron beam focusing
    T. Adachi; K. Ikeda; T. Oku; J. Guo; W. Lin; H. Ohmori; T. Morishima; H. M. Shimizu; K. Sakai; J. Suzuki; K. C. Littrell; C. -K. Loong, We have developed a Fresnel-type focusing device for cold neutrons fabricated using single crystals of magnesium fluoride. This stacked-lens device using 50 elements (with 50 beam-bending interfaces) demonstrated a focal length of 5 m with a good transmission of 0.829 for 1: 14 nm neutrons. The focused beam was 5 times more intense than a beam of the same spot size with the same final flight path length produced with the traditional pinhole collimation. The background-scattering noise from lens was an order of magnitude larger than that of the traditional pinhole collimation in the momentum range of 0.01-0.05 nm(-1); almost 10(-3) of focused direct beam at the lowest momentum transfers measurable. This device produced an intensity gain in measured SANS data of more than 10 times when compared with the conventional pinhole geometry with the same minimum momentum transfer. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jul. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Recent development of position-sensitive neutron detectors employing wavelength-shifting cross-fiber
    K. Sakai; T. Adachi; T. Oku; K. Ikeda; T. Morishima; H. M. Shimizu; M. Fusrusaka; T. Ino; S. Sato; Y. Kiyanagi; N. Sakamoto; T. Sakuma; J. Suzuki; K. Listtrell; C. -K. Loong; R. Goyette, For evaluating neutron optical devices, we have designed and tested two-dimensional position-sensitive neutron detectors (PSND) which employ two wavelength-shifting fiber arrays optically coupled to a scintillator plate. Feasibility on applications of the PSND having a 50 x 50 mm(2) sensitive area and a pixel size of 0.4 x 0.4 mm(2) has been tested at pulsed neutron sources. While, for realizing the large sensitive area, another PSND having a 128 x 128 mm(2) sensitive area and a 0.5 x 0.5 mm(2) pixel size with a dynode coding technique were developed and tested. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jul. 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Very low energy neutron radiography with neutron energy selection system for variable image contrast
    Y Kawabata; T Nakano; M Hino; T Oku; J Susuki; U Matsushima, The neutron radiography with monochromatic neutron beam generated by a velocity selector is performed in NOP port, C3-1-2, JRR-3M. The neutron wavelengthes for the transmission experiments were 0.8, 1.2 and 2.6 nm. It shows the change of the contrast according to the neutron wavelength and the possibility to identify the materials in samples from neutron transmission images., TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD
    ADVANCES IN NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION, PT 1-3, 2004, [Reviewed]
  • Growth of Cu-doped Li2B4O7 single crystals by vertical Bridgman method and their characterization
    M Ishii; Y Kuwano; T Asai; N Senguttuvan; T Hayashi; M Kobayashi; T Oku; K Sakai; T Adachi; HM Shimizu; J Suzuki, Lithium tetra borate (Li2B4O7, LBO) single crystals with Cu as dopant have been grown by the vertical Bridgman method. A special crucible arrangement with three separate crucibles welded together was used for the crystal growth. Cu2O was added at different concentrations varying in the range 0.0025-0.1 wt%. The grown crystals were cut and polished for observation under optical and scanning electron microscopes. Optical micrograph showed presence of voids, which propagate along the growth direction. Scanning electron microscope coupled with energy dispersive X-ray analyzer showed segregation of Cu in these voids, which might be due to constitutional supercooling. Optical transmittance measured across 5mm thick samples indicated that the absorption around 240nm increased with the increase in Cu concentration. Excitation-emission measurement was carried out to estimate peak emission and excitation wavelengths. The dependence of Cu concentration in LBO on the emission intensity has also been evaluated. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, Sep. 2003, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron spin flip chopper with very high S/N ratio for pulsed source
    S Tasaki; T Ebisawa; S Kawakami; R Maruyama; K Sakai; T Oku; D Yamazaki; K Soyama; M Hino; T Kawai, We propose a multiple neutron spin flip chopper system to improve considerably its S/N ratio. Evaluations of a double spin flip chopper system give a high S/N ratio and its experimental results demonstrated good performance. Multiple spin flip chopper systems with high S/N ratio will be applicable to a direct geometry inelastic spectrometer for pulsed source instead of mechanical choppers. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jul. 2003, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a spin flipper for an application of a neutron magnetic device
    T Oku; K Sakai; T Adachi; K Ikeda; HM Shimizu; R Maruyama; M Hino; S Tasaki; Y Kiyanagi; T Kamiyama; H Iwasa; K Sasaki; T Ino; M Furusaka; D Yamazaki; J Suzuki; T Ebisawa, We have developed a radio-frequency gradient spin flipper for the effective utilization of the focused and polarized neutron beam obtained using a superconducting sextupole magnet developed for the practical application in the neutron-scattering experiment. The flipper was designed to be effective for the neutron beam with wavelengths longer than 4 Angstrom and the cross section of 50 mm in diameter. The flipper was tested using polarized,cold neutrons, and good performance was obtained. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jul. 2003, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a high-resolution scintillator-based area detector for neutrons
    N Sakamoto; Y Kiyanagi; S Sato; H Sagehashi; M Furusaka; J Suzuki; KC Littrell; CK Loong; A Gorin; Manuilov, I; A Ryazantsev; K Kuroda; K Sakai; F Tokanai; T Adachi; T Oku; K Ikeda; H Miyasaka; S Suzuki; K Morimoto; HM Shimizu, We applied a scintillator-based area detector to the neutron time-of-flight method by developing a new electronics system for this detector, which detector consists of a thin plate of ZnS(Ag)+6Li scintillator optically coupled to wavelength shifter. The spatial resolution was about 0.4 mm which is consistent with a fiber width of 0.4 mm. The detection efficiency for thermal neutrons was about 6%. A good-resolution radiographic-image as a function of flight time was obtained., BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
    JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Jun. 2003, [Reviewed]
  • Cold neutron beam focusing by a superconducting sextupole magnet
    J Suzuki; T Oku; T Adachi; HM Shimizu; T Hirumachi; T Tsuchihashi; Watanabe, I, We have developed a superconducting sextupole magnet with about 50 mm in bore diameter to focus cold neutron beams with large cross-section and have investigated its focusing and polarizing effect. Large gain in neutron intensity and high neutron polarization have been obtained by numerical simulation for highly collimated neutron beams. We discuss applications of this magnet for small-angle neutron scattering experiments., BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
    JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Jun. 2003, [Reviewed]
  • Recent progress in the development of concave Fresnel lenses for neutrons
    T Adachi; K Ikeda; T Oku; K Sakai; S Suzuki; J Suzuki; HM Shimizu; KC Littrell; CK Loong; W Lin; J Guo; N Mitsuishi; S Morita; H Ohmori, The performance of a Fresnel-type compound refractive lens for focusing cold neutrons was evaluated. The lens consists of 44 pieces of compound Fresnel-type refractive lenses made of MgF2 single crystals. The intensity profile of the diffracted neutrons measured over the wavelengths of 9-14 Angstrom was compared with the results of numerical simulations. Good neutron transmission of 0.85 for 9 Angstrom neutrons and a focal length of 3.4 m for 16 Angstrom neutrons were achieved., BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
    JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Jun. 2003, [Reviewed]
  • Development of neutron optical devices by a curved supermirror               
    K. Ikeda; T. Adachi; H. M. Shimizu; H. Sato; Y. Takizawa; T. Morishima; T. Shinohara; T. Oku; K. Sakai; Y. Kawabata; M. Hino; S. Tasaki
    KURRI Progress Report, Apr. 2003
  • Evaluation of the integrity of divertor models of tungsten or SiC/SiC composites joined with copper
    A. Kurumada; Y. Imamura; Y. Tomota; T. Oku; Y. Kubota; N. Noda, From viewpoints of thermal shock resistance, control of plasma particles, low activation, thermal efficiency and so on, it is planned to use heat-resisting metals and ceramic composites as plasma facing materials for the next experimental, demonstrative and commercial fusion reactors. In this study, a tungsten material and SiC/SiC composites were joined with oxygen free copper as a heat sink material using foils of titanium and copper, and a molybdenum plate was also inserted for the relaxation of residual thermal stresses in the case of a SiC/SiC-copper joint. The divertor model specimens using the joining materials were manufactured and heat load tests were carried out. Thermal cracks in the tungsten material and delaminating cracks at the joining boundary of SiC/SiC composites were observed during several heat load tests. Therefore, tungsten and SiC/SiC composites need to be improved further with respect to the thermal shock resistance, thermal conductivity and fracture toughness. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
    Journal of Nuclear Materials, Mar. 2003, [Reviewed]
  • Development of neutron compound refractive optics: a progress report
    T Adachi; T Oku; S Morita; H Ohmori; Y Takizawa; HM Shimizu; J Suzuki; CK Loong; KC Littrell; R Goyette, We have designed and fabricated a compound refractive prism made of MgF2 single-crystal elements. The performance of this prism in refracting neutrons of wavelengths from 2 to 15 Angstrom was determined by time-of-flight transmission measurements. The total refractive angle was established as being 2.8 mrad for 10-Angstrom neutrons, and the transmission was 80%-98% for cold neutrons according to wavelength., SPRINGER-VERLAG
    APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, Dec. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a two-dimensional imaging detector based on a neutron scintillator with wavelength-shifting fibers
    K Sakai; T Adachi; T Oku; A Gorin; T Ino; K Kuroda; Manuilov, I; K Morimoto; A Ryazantsev; HM Shimizu; J Suzuki; F Tokanai, For evaluating neutron optical devices, a two-dimensional (213) detector based on a neutron scintillator with wavelength-shifting fibers has been developed at RIKEN. We have investigated a ZnS(Ag)+LiF and a Li glass plate as neutron scintillators with the coding technique for realizing the large sensitive area of 50 x 50 mm(2). After fabricating the 2D detector, its performance was tested using cold neutrons at JAERI. As a result, a spatial resolution of similar to 1.0 mm was obtained., SPRINGER-VERLAG
    APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, Dec. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron-beam control using a magnetic doublet
    T Oku; T Adachi; K Sakai; HM Shimizu; K Sasaki; H Iwasa; T Kamiyama; Y Kiyanagi; T Ino; M Furusaka; J Suzuki; M Hino; S Tasaki; T Ebisawa, A sextupole magnetic field exerts focusing and defocusing effects on neutrons depending on the neutron-spin states. By combining both effects, we can realize a magnetic doublet which enables control of the neutron-beam size and divergence with high degrees of freedom. We constructed a magnetic doublet with two permanent sextupole magnets and a spin flipper, and experimentally investigated its function using pulsed neutrons., SPRINGER-VERLAG
    APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, Dec. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • Development of superconducting tunnel junctions as an energy-dispersive detector for UV and visible photons
    C Otani; Y Takizawa; H Sato; K Ikeda; T Ikeda; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; T Morishima; T Oku; S Shiki; HM Shimizu; H Watanabe, We are developing an energy-dispersive detector for UV and visible photons that uses superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) with Al trapping layers. As a first step to achieve this, we evaluated the performance of the detector for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photons by using a synchrotron radiation facility. We achieved an energy resolution of FWHM = 17.8 +/- 0.6 eV (including electrical noise of 17.6 +/- 0.2 eV) for 55 eV EUV photons with a 100 x 100 mum(2) STJ: The electrical noise was the main component of the energy resolution. We achieved the electrical noise of FWHM = 2.1 +/- 0.1 eV for a 20 x 20 mum(2) STJ by replacing the cables connecting the STJ to a preamplifier operated at room temperature. A stronger signal resulting from a thinner tunnel barrier will lead to better energy resolution for detecting UV and visible photons. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS, Aug. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • X-ray spectroscopy in atomic collision experiment using superconducting tunnel junctions
    T Ikeda; Y Nakai; C Otani; H Sato; H Oyama; Y Kanai; Y Takizawa; Y Iwai; Y Morishita; T Oku; N Oshima; H Watanabe; H Miyasaka; K Kawai; H Kato; HM Shimizu; Y Yamazaki, A superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) is a newly developed X-ray detector which has advantages of not only high energy-resolution but also timing information and high counting-rates. The STJ fabricated in RIKEN has a layered structure of Nb (200 nm-thick, lower electrode)/Al (50 nm)/AlOx/Al (50 nm)Nb (150 nm, upper electrode). Its sensitive region has an area of 100 X 100 mum(2). The output signals were amplified by either a charge-sensitive amplifier or a SQUID amplifier. We used the STJ to measure X-rays emitted in collisions of highly charged ions with various solid targets. The ions used were Ne, 0 and Ar of 10 kV/q extracted from an ECR ion source at RIKEN. The X-ray spectra from 500 to 900 eV were obtained with an energy-resolution of 20-30 eV at a counting-rate higher than 500 counts/s. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS, Aug. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • Crystal growth and luminescence properties of Li2B4O7 single crystals doped with Ce, In, Ni, Cu and Ti ions
    N Senguttuvan; M Ishii; M Shimoyama; M Kobayashi; N Tsutsui; M Nikl; M Dusek; HM Shimizu; T Oku; T Adachi; K Sakai; J Suzuki, Li2B4O7 (LBO) is considered to be one of the useful materials for neutron detection because it contains Li and B, which possess large neutron capture cross-section isotopes. In the present study, we report crystal growth of LBO doped with Ce, In, Ni, Cu. and Ti and some studies on their luminescent properties. Crystals were grown by the Bridgman method using Pt crucibles from the mixture of LBO with 0.5 wt% of In2O3, NiO, CuO and TiO2 CeO2 was added at 0.1, 1.0 and 2.0 wt% and the crystals were grown in one experiment. Though the crystals doped with Cc were not transparent except some small areas, the compound showed strong emission at 375 nm for two excitation peaks at 270 and 320 nm. The dopant Cc has not entered well into LBO and the transparent area of the crystal did not show any emission. The crystals grown with In2O3 and TiO2 also had lot of segregation with little transparency. The crystals grown with NiO and CuO were found to be highly transparent and clear except some area. The transmittance measured at clear area showed short wavelength cut-off at about 220 nm for the case of NiO doping and at about 200 nm for the case of CuO doping (the cut-off for pure LBO is 167 nm). There were absorption peaks at 440, 500 and 560 nm for Ni-doped LBO and at 240, 255 and 310 nm for Cu doping. Among these two crystals, Cu-doped LBO showed intense emission at 360 nm for the excitation at 245 nm. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Jun. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • High-sensitivity high-resolution dual-function signal and time digitizer
    S Sarwana; D Gupta; AF Kirichenko; T Oku; C Otani; H Sato; HM Shimizu, We have developed a dual-function high sensitivity/high-resolution digitizer. It consists of a superconducting digital integrated circuit, which can operate both as a time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a flux counting analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The TDC has a 30 ps multihit time resolution. The ADC has been designed with a superconducting quantum interference device based detector for a 1 muA full scale range. This digitizer is extremely useful in many applications, e.g., for time-of-flight measurements, or as a radiation resistant, low-noise, low-power ADC for detector readout. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics., AMER INST PHYSICS
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, Mar. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • Development of scintillation imaging device for cold neutrons
    A Gorin; K Kuroda; Manuilov, I; K Morimoto; T Oku; A Ryazantsev; HM Shimizu; J Suzuki; F Tokanai, As an application of the wavelength-shifting (WLS) fiber technique recently developed in the field of high-energy physics, a novel type of imaging device for neutrons has been successfully investigated; a space resolution of I mm FWHM with detection efficiency of 55% for 10 Angstrom neutrons has been experimentally confirmed with a prototype made of a 0.5-mm-thick ZnS(Ag) + (LiF)-Li-6 scintillator plate optically coupled to WLS fiber arrays. In addition to promising results obtained in this study, its simple structure and reliable operation allow us to foresee a new generation of imaging devices to meet the increasing demand for large-area and high space-resolution imaging devices for several new projects on spallation neutron sources in the world. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Mar. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • Development of superconducting tunnel junctions for EUV detectors
    Y Takizawa; T Ikeda; T Oku; C Otani; K Kawai; H Sato; HM Shimizu; H Mikami; H Miyasaka; H Watanabe, Superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) are applicable to as photon detectors with an energy resolution and a high photon-counting rate. The absorption of a photon in the superconductor of the STJ generates a number of quasiparticles that is proportional to the photon energy. Especially for soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) applications, STJs have good performance because of their high absorption efficiency below 1 keV. We are developing an energy-dispersive photon detector for EUV radiation using STJs with Al trapping layers. We evaluated the performance of the detector for EUV photons by using the Synchrotron Facility at KEK-PF in Tsukuba, Japan. We achieved an energy resolution of FWHM=18 eV (including the external noise of 17.6 eV) for 55 eV EUV photons with a 100 X 100 mum(2) STJ. We present details of the junction design and discuss our experiments and the results., WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
    SURFACE REVIEW AND LETTERS, Feb. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • スピンエコー法を用いた極小角散乱測定:その原理と可能性
    奥 隆之; 安達 智宏; 清水 裕彦, The Japanese Society for Neutron Science
    波紋, 2002
  • Neutron beam control devices
    Oku Takayuki; Adachi Tomohiro; Ikeda Kazuaki, The Japanese Society for Neutron Science
    hamon, 2002
  • Development of superconducting tunnel junctions as energy-dispersive detectors for EUV radiation
    H Sato; T Ikeda; T Oku; C Otani; K Kawai; HM Shimizu; Y Takizawa; H Miyasaka; H Watanabe, An energy-dispersive detector of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photons that uses superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) is being developed. The performance of the STJs for detecting EUV photons was evaluated at a synchrotron radiation facility. An energy resolution of 17.8 +/- 0.6 eV in FWHM (including external noise of 17.6 +/- 0.2 eV) for 55 eV EUV photons was obtained with a 100 x 100 mum(2) STJ., AMER INST PHYSICS
    LOW TEMPERATURE DETECTORS, 2002, [Reviewed]
  • Development of neutron optical devices
    HM Shimizu; T Oku; T Adachi, Recent results on the development of the neutron optical devices utilizing the neutron refraction in an inhomogeneous magnetic field and in the material surface are described. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Jan. 2002, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a Fresnel lens for cold neutrons based on neutron refractive optics
    T Oku; S Morita; S Moriyasu; Y Yamagata; H Ohmori; Y Takizawa; HM Shimizu; T Hirota; Y Kiyanagi; T Ino; M Furusaka; J Suzuki, We have developed compound refractive lenses (CRLs) fur cold neutrons, which are made of vitreous silica and have an effective potential of (90.1-2.7 x 10(-4)i) neV. In the case of compound refractive optics, neutron absorption by the material deteriorates lens performance. Thus, to prevent an increase in neutron absorption with increasing beam size, we have developed Fresnel lenses using the electrolytic in-process dressing grinding technique. The lens characteristics were carefully investigated with experimental and numerical simulation studies. The lenses functioned as a neutron focusing lens, and the focal length of 14 m was obtained with a 44-element series of the Fresnel lenses for 10 Angstrom neutrons. Moreover, good neutron transmission of 0.65 for 15 Angstrom neutrons was obtained due to the shape effect. According to comprehensive analysis of the obtained results, it is possible to realize a CRL for practical use by choosing 3 suitable lens shape and material. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Apr. 2001, [Reviewed]
  • Development of superconducting tunnel junctions for ultra soft X-ray detectors
    Y Takizawa; T Ikeda; T Oku; C Otani; K Kawai; H Sato; HM Shimizu; H Miyasaka; H Watanabe; W Ootani; H Akou; H Nakagawa; M Aoyagi; T Taino, Nb-based superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) with Al trapping layers have been developed for X-ray detectors. One applications for STJs is a low energy radiation detector having energy resolution and a high photon counting rate. STJs have good potential in the band of energies from 40 eV up to 1keV, because STJs materials have good absorbing properties in this region. The energy resolution was measured by using the Photon Factory beamline BL-12A of High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Japan, a nd for 200 eV photon, It eV Full Width Half at Half Maximum (FWHM) with a 20 X 20 mu m(2) junction were achieved. In this article, the fabrication technique and preliminary results of measuring the response for this band of energies are reported., IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, Mar. 2001, [Reviewed]
  • A microstrip-coil integration on superconducting tunnel junctions for X-ray detection
    T Taino; H Nakagawa; M Aoyagi; H Sato; H Akoh; K Maehata; K Ishibashi; H Sato; T Ikeda; C Otani; W Ootani; T Oku; H Kato; K Kawai; HM Shimizu; Y Takizawa; H Miyasaka; H Watanabe, We report the first demonstration of X-ray detection by using a Superconducting Tunnel Junction (STJ) with a microstrip-coil, The STJ was fabricated based on Nb/AYAlO(x)/Nb integration process technology using a 2(m)(mu) design rule. Magnetic field was applied into the STJ by the microstrip-coil to suppress the de Josephson current instead of the conventional electromagnet, The output waveform was successfully observed by irradiation of 5.9 keV X-ray under a condition of microstrip-coil current of 20 mA at 0.4 K., IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, Mar. 2001, [Reviewed]
  • Spectral features of substrate phonon events obtained by illuminating superconducting tunnel junctions with X-rays
    C Otani; T Ikeda; H Kato; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; T Oku; W Ootani; H Sato; HM Shimizu; Y Takizawa; H Watanabe; H Nakagawa; H Akoh; M Aoyagi; T Taino, The pulse height spectra of the substrate phonon events obtained with superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) were examined. We compared the spectra for STJs with and without a 50-nm-thick buffer layer of aluminum-oxide on the sapphire substrate under X-ray illumination, We found that the spectral difference was concentrated in the high-energy tail of the component, corresponding to the events absorbed within a thin skin. The effective thickness of this skin was estimated to be about 3 mum by using the amount of difference in the spectra. We explain that the spectral difference could be caused by the selective attenuation of high-frequency phonons in the substrate and buffer layer., IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, Mar. 2001, [Reviewed]
  • Detection of heavy ions using Nb-based superconducting tunnel junction
    H Sato; T Ikeda; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; T Oku; W Ootani; C Otani; HM Shimizu; Y Takizawa; H Watanabe; K Morimoto; F Tokanai; H Akoh; H Nakagawa; M Aoyagi; T Taino, The superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) is one of the most promising devices to use as a fast detector for heavy ions. The energy deposited due to the passage of a heavy ion through an STJ forms a region called a hot spot, where the superconductivity of the region is broken. As a result, a reduction of the critical current (I-c) in the STJ occurs. If the bias current exceeds this reduced I-c, the output voltage from the STJ switches from 0 V to its gap voltage, which is recognizable as a signal due to the heavy ion passage. Nb-based STJs were fabricated for this heavy ion detector and an experiment was performed at the RIKEN Ring Cyclotron Facility to investigate the response to heavy ions, Instantaneous switching to the voltage state of the STJ in response to the decrease in I-c induced by a heavy ion beam was successfully observed by introducing Ar-40 particles With a kinetic energy of 95 MeV/nucleon into the STJ., IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, Mar. 2001
  • Detection of heavy ions by a superconducting tunnel junction
    H Sato; T Ikeda; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; T Oku; W Ootani; C Otani; HM Shimizu; Y Takizawa; H Watanabe; K Morimoto; F Tokanai, Instantaneous switching to the voltage state of a superconducting tunnel junction (STS) following a decrease in the critical current induced by a heavy ion beam was observed by introducing Ar-40 particles with a kinetic energy of 95 MeV/nucleon into an Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb STJ. The particle detection by using this rapid switching of STJ could realize fast timing measurements at the level of ps. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Feb. 2001, [Reviewed]
  • A High-resolution X-ray Detection System using STJ and SQUID Amplifier
    Tokihiro Ikeda; H. Kato; H. Sato; K. Kawai; H. Miyasaka; T. Oku; W. Ootani; C. Otani; H. M. Shimizu; Y. Takizawa; H. Watanabe; H. Nakagawa; H. Akoh; M. Aoyagi; T. Taino
    IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2001, [Reviewed]
  • Development of neuron compound lens and prism based on neutron refractive optics
    T Adachi; T Oku; S Morita; S Moriyasu; Y Yamagata; H Ohmori; Y Takizawa; H Shimizu; T Hirota; Y Kiyanagi; T Ino; M Furusaka; J Suzuki, We have developed compound refractive prism for cold neutrons. To prevent an increase in neutron absorption, we have developed prism array like a Fresnel lens. The prism characteristics were investigated with experimental and numerical simulation studies. We achieved transmission of 0.75 and refractive angle of 7.5 mrad for 15 Angstrom neutrons with 49 layered prism array., SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
    NEUTRON OPTICS, 2001, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a magnetic lens and prism for cold neutron and their application to neutron scattering experiments
    T Oku; T Adachi; H Sato; C Otani; Y Takizawa; K Sakai; HM Shimizu; K Sasaki; H Iwasa; T Kamiyama; Y Kiyanagi; T Ino; M Furusaka; J Suzuki; M Hino; S Tasaki; T Ebisawa, We have been developing a neutron lens and prism based on neutron refractive optics. As a neutron has a magnetic dipole moment, it is accelerated in a magnetic field gradient. Thus, we can control a neutron beam free from beam attenuation using the magnetic field gradient. Moreover, its spin dependence of the acceleration is profitable in the case of using the polarized neutron beam. The sextupole magnetic field functions as a focusing or defocusing lens for neutrons depending on the neutron spin states. The focusing and defocusing effects of a prototype sextupole magnet was experimentally studied. By combining focusing and defocusing functions of the sextupole magnet, we can control the neutron beam shape and divergence more flexibly. Adiabatic and nonadiabatic field connections make it possible to realize the magnetic doublet system. A quadrupole magnetic field functions as a neutron prism, which were experimentally confirmed. The neutron spin and energy dependence of the refracting power is applicable to an analysis of the neutron spin and energy. In this paper, the details of the experimental results of the magnetic devices are described and their applications in the neutron scattering experiment are discussed., SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
    NEUTRON OPTICS, 2001, [Reviewed]
  • Improved fabrication method for Nb/Al/AIO(x)/Al/Nb superconducting tunnel junctions as X-ray detectors
    H Sato; Y Takizawa; W Oontani; T Ikeda; T Oku; C Otani; H Watanabe; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; H Kato; HM Shimizu; H Nakagawa; H Akoh; M Aoyagi; T Taino, Niobium-based superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) with aluminum trapping layers as X-ray detectors were fabricated. We applied a fabrication technique for reducing the leakage current and improving the energy resolution for X-rays at around 6 keV. The edges of two Al layers sandwiching a tunneling barrier were oxidized by plasma discharge. The performance of these new STJs was compared with other types of STJs to which thermal oxidization in an O-2 atmosphere had been applied. The oxidization process in O-2 plasma significantly improved the energy resolution for X-rays, which reached values (FWHM) of 41 eV, 58 eV, 65 eV, and 129 eV for STJs with the size of 20 x 20 mu m(2), 100 x 100 mu m(2), 200 x 200 mu m(2), and 500 x 500 mu m(2) respectively., INTS PURE APPLIED PHYSICS
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, Sep. 2000, [Reviewed]
  • Cold neutron imaging detection with a GSO scintillator
    F Tokanai; K Morimoto; T Oku; T Ino; J Suzuki; T Ikeda; W Ootani; C Otani; H Sato; HM Shimizu; Y Kiyanagi; T Hirota, The pulse-height spectrum and two-dimensional image of a 0.5 mm thick GSO scintillator were investigated for a 6 Angstrom cold neutron beam. The 31 and 81 keV peaks resulting from neutron absorption by Gd nuclei were identified in the pulse-height spectrum by using a photomultiplier tube. Images of 1.5 and 2.1 mm (FWHM) in diameter were observed for 1 and 2 mm diameter incident beams with an image intensifier and viewed by a CCD camera, corresponding to a position resolution of 1.3 mm (FWHM). The result implies that a position resolution of better than 100 mu m would be achievable by employing a GSO scintillator thinner than 20 mu m. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Sep. 2000, [Reviewed]
  • Neutron lens and prism
    T Oku; HM Shimizu, A magnetic neutron lens and a prism using sextupole and quadrupole permanent magnets have been studied. The enhancement of beam intensity by a 2 m sextupole magnet was measured and a maximum gain of 36.5 in the wavelength range 14.0 Angstrom less than or equal to lambda less than or equal to 14.8 Angstrom was observed. The prism function of a quadrupole magnet has been experimentally demonstrated by observing a two-dimensional neutron image. We discuss the capability to measure neutron energy by combining the prism and a position sensitive detector and a possible application in neutron scattering experiment. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B, Jun. 2000, [Reviewed]
  • High-resolution X-ray detectors based on superconducting tunnel junction with SQUID readout
    T Oku; T Ikeda; H Kato; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; W Ootani; C Otani; H Sato; HM Shimizu; Y Takizawa; H Watanabe; H Nakagawa; H Akoh; M Aoyagi; T Taino, We are developing high-resolution X-ray detectors based on superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs). A two-stage superconducting quantum-interference device (SQUID) amplifier with high gain, low noise and high sensitivity was employed as a readout electronic device. We have developed the STJ readout circuit which makes it possible to optimize the STJ bias condition without disturbing the operating point of the SQUID amplifier. High-resolution X-ray detectors using our system is discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Apr. 2000, [Reviewed]
  • Development of X-ray detectors based on Nb/Al/AlOx/Al/Nb superconducting tunnel junctions
    W Ootani; T Ikeda; H Kato; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; T Oku; C Otani; H Sato; HM Shimizu; Y Takizawa; H Watanabe; H Nakagawa; H Akoh; M Aoyagi; T Taino, X-ray detectors based on Nb/Al/AlOx/Al/Nb superconducting tunnel junctions (STJ) have been fabricated. X-ray responses of the fabricated STJs were measured by illumination with X-rays from a Fe-55 electron capture source. The energy resolution of 41, 58 and 65 eV (FWHM) at 5.9 keV were obtained for 20 x 20, 100 x 100, 200 x 200 mu m(2) square-shaped devices, respectively. The X-ray measurements were performed at 0.35 K using a charge-sensitive preamplifier at room temperature. We also discussed the capability to suppress the substrate phonon events using Al2O3 insulation layer. An advantage for the combined use of the Al2O3 insulation layer and the sapphire substrate was demonstrated. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Apr. 2000, [Reviewed]
  • Properties of substrate phonon events in superconducting tunnel junctions induced by X-ray absorption
    C Otani; T Ikeda; H Kato; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; T Oku; W Ootani; H Sato; HM Shimizu; Y Takizawa; H Watanabe; H Nakagawa; H Akoh; M Aoyagi; T Taino, The spectra of substrate phonon events induced by illuminating with X-rays obtained with Nb-based superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) fabricated on a sapphire substrate were examined. We constructed a geometrical model in which the collection efficiency of phonons is proportional to the solid angle subtended to the Sn from the position or the absorption. By using the Monte-Carlo simulation, we succeeded in fairly reproducing the features of the spectra obtained by our measurements. A comparison of the model spectra with the measured ones revealed that a mismatch of the acoustic impedance at the junction-substrate interface and the spatial spread of a phonon cloud play an important role in the determination or the spectra. By including these effects, we show that the measured spectra can be well reproduced by adjusting only one fret, parameter, the radius of the phonon cloud. We estimated this radius in a sapphire substrate to be similar to 20 mu m under 5.9 keV X-ray illumination., JAPAN J APPLIED PHYSICS
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, Apr. 2000, [Reviewed]
  • A magnetic neutron lens
    HM Shimizu; T Oku; H Sato; C Otani; H Kato; Y Suda; H Nakagawa; T Kamiyama; Y Kiyanagi; T Wakabayashi, The focusing effect on a cold neutron beam using a 2 m permanent sextupole magnet was measured. The beam intensity was enhanced at all measured wavelengths, and a maximum gain of 36.5 was obtained in the wavelength range 14.0 Angstrom less than or equal to lambda less than or equal to 14.8 Angstrom. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B, Mar. 2000, [Reviewed]
  • A neutron prism
    T Oku; HM Shimizu, By combining a neutron refractive device (neutron prism) and a position-sensitive detector (PSD), we can construct a neutron energy analyzer, which makes it possible to realize a new type of a scattering instrument. In this paper, we describe the construction and performance of the neutron energy analyzer using the magnetic neutron prism, and discuss its application in a neutron scattering experiment. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B, Mar. 2000, [Reviewed]
  • 超伝導接合素子およびSQUIDアンプを用いたX線検出器               
    池田時浩; 清水裕彦; 加藤博; 川井和彦; 三上秀枝; 宮坂宏正; 奥隆之; 大谷航; 大谷知行; 佐藤広海; 滝澤慶之; 渡辺博
    低温工学会「超電導応用研究会」平成11年度講演論文集, 2000, [Reviewed]
  • Measurement of cold neutron-beam focusing effect of a permanent sextupole magnet
    HM Shimizu; Y Suda; T Oku; H Nakagawa; H Kato; T Kamiyama; C Otani; H Sato; T Wakabayashi; Y Kiyanagi, The magnetic focus effect of cold neutron beam was measured using a permanent sextupole magnet and a gain of more than 35 was observed. The result was analyzed with a numerical simulation. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Jul. 1999, [Reviewed]
  • Development of superconducting tunnel junctions with an aluminum-oxide insulation layer for X-ray detection
    H Sato; T Ikeda; H Kato; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; T Oku; W Ootani; C Otani; HM Shimizu; H Watanabe; H Nakagawa; H Akoh; M Aoyagi, Superconducting tunnel junctions (STJ), with a buffer layer between the silicon substrate and junction, are being developed for use as high-resolution x-ray detectors. Aluminum-oxide (Al2O3) is employed as the buffer layer in order to suppress the phonon mediated background from the Si substrate. The extent of phonon insulation was studied by measuring the x-ray spectra of STJs as a function of buffer layer thickness. The phonon insulation ability of Al2O3 was compared to that of magnesium-oxide. The Al2O3 layer should be a good phonon insulator, with the ability to suppress phonons with a single buffer layer., IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, Jun. 1999, [Reviewed]
  • Development of a compact system for high-resolution X-ray detection using a SQUID amplifier
    T Ikeda; H Kato; K Kawai; H Miyasaka; T Oku; W Ootani; C Otani; H Sato; HM Shimizu; H Watanabe; H Nakagawa; H Akoh; M Aoyagi; T Taino, A compact system for an STJ-based high resolution X-ray detection system using a SQUID amplifier has been developed. A noise level of less than 4.8 mV at the SQUID output pulse height of 1.2 V for Nb-based STJ signals was achieved in the temperature range of 1.7-4.2K with good reproducibility under an external magnetic field of about 0.01 Tesla, which was applied to suppress the Josephson current of the STJ. The results show the possibility of constructing a compact STJ-based X-ray detection system with an 'on-site' low noise SQUID preamplifier., IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
    IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, Jun. 1999, [Reviewed]
  • 中性子散乱装置の小型化高機能化
    奥 隆之; 清水 裕彦, The Japanese Society for Neutron Science
    波紋, 1999
  • Development of Compact High-resolution X-ray Detector System using STJ and a SQUID Amplifier               
    T. Ikeda; H. Sato; H. Kato; K. Kawai; H. Miyasaka; T. Oku; W. Ootani; C. Ohtani; H.M. Shimizu; Y. Takizawa; H. Watanabe; H. Nakagawa; H. Akoh; M. Aoyagi; T. Taino
    Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser., 1999, [Reviewed]
  • DC and AC magnetization and small-angle neutron scattering studies of strongly interacting particle systems
    T Oku; E Ohta; T Sato; M Furusaka; M Imai; Y Matsushita, MnZn-ferrite particles were randomly dispersed in polymer matrix in which the magnetic anisotropy axes in the particles are randomly oriented. DC and AC magnetization and small-angle neutron scattering measurements have been made on the samples. The DC and AC susceptibilities showed spin-glass-like maxima at temperatures that depend on the interparticle interaction. The thermal evolution of remanence I-r and coercivity H-c was also considerably dependent on the interparticle interaction, i.e., the temperature at which I-r and H-c tend to zero increased with increasing the interparticle interaction energy. This suggests that a magnetic correlation occurs through the interparticle interaction in the present sample. The temperature dependence of imaginary part of the AC susceptibility chi " showed a singular cusp at a low temperature which is insensitive to the interparticle interaction. This singularity in chi " could reflect a blocking phenomena which is attributed to the intraparticle anisotropy. The small-angle magnetic neutron scattering line shape over a temperature range of 6 less than or equal to T less than or equal to 260 K could be represented by a function of Lorentzian plus squared Lorentzian which is appropriate for a random anisotropy held system. The data did not show a divergence in the magnetic correlation length, but suggested the formation of a local ferromagnetic cluster composed of the magnetic moments of the adjacent particles below 260 K. The correlation length increases with decreasing temperature. Around 40 K, it shows a maximum and starts to decrease with decreasing temperature. This decrease in the correlation length with decreasing temperature could arise from the random field effect which could originate from the intraparticle anisotropy. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, Oct. 1998, [Reviewed]
  • Cold neutron beam control using magnetic field gradient
    HM Shimizu; H Kato; T Oku; Y Suda; Y Ogawa; H Iwasa; T Kamiyama; Y Kiyanagi; T Wakabayashi, The focusing of a cold neutron beam in an inhomogeneous magnetic field was studied using a permanent sextupole magnet. Preliminary results show that neutron beam current density at a wavelength of 13 Angstrom was enhanced by a factor of 30 after traveling through the sextupole magnet. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B, Dec. 1997, [Reviewed]
  • Magnetic property and evaluation of MnZn-ferrite fine particles in Langmuir Blodgett film
    T Oku; M Ohwada; T Sato; E Ohta, We investigated the magnetic properties of thin film samples with different number of layers stacked by the LB technique. The film samples showed a magnetically complex behavior in low temperature region, which is insufficiently explained by the idea of the homogenous dipole interaction field analogous to the demagnetizing field. The film thickness dependent behavior is discussed in terms of a picture of the magnetic viscosity which is realized in reentrant spin glass materials., EDITIONS PHYSIQUE
    JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE IV, Mar. 1997, [Reviewed]
  • Effect of neutron irradiation on the microstructures and tensile properties of different carbon fibers
    T Oku; Y Imamura; A Kurumada; K Kawamata; T Deto; S Suzuki; M Ichikawa, Since carbon fiber reinforced carbon composite (C/C composite) materials have high thermal conductivity and good mechanical properties, they have been used as the plasma facing components in fusion facilities. As the plasma facing components are subjected to neutron irradiation in the fusion reactors, it is necessary to use irradiation damage resistant C/C composite materials as plasma facing components. Properties of C/C composite materials after neutron irradiation are generally influenced by irradiation behavior of carbon fiber and carbon matrix. In particular, the effect of irradiation on carbon fiber is important, because it is less crystalline than carbon matrix. The purpose of this study is to evaluate neutron irradiation effects on the microstructures and tensile properties of nine kinds of carbon fibers and to find out the necessary knowledge to identify the radiation resistant carbon fiber., INST MATERIALS RESEARCH LIBRARY
    SCIENCE REPORTS OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTES TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SERIES A-PHYSICS CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY, Mar. 1997, [Reviewed]
  • Quantum tunneling of magnetization in single domain CoFe2O4 particles
    T. Oku; H. Takano; M. Ohwada; T. Sato; E. Ohta, We systematically investigated the macroscopic quantum tunneling (MQT) phenomena of magnetization in CoFe2O4 particles with a diameter ranging from 30 to 92 Å in zero external magnetic field to remove the substantial influence of energy dissipation. For all of our samples, we observed the MQT phenomena in zero external magnetic field, in spite of the anticipation that a large magnetic field H comparable with the coercive force Hc would be necessary to lower the energy barrier so as to observe appreciable quantum tunneling of magnetization. The analysis shows that the crossover temperature T from the thermal to the quantum regime increases with decreasing anisotropy field HA. This relation between T* and HA is inconsistent with the theoretical prediction., EDP Sciences
    Journal De Physique. IV : JP, 1997
  • Intraparticle structure in ultra-fine ZnFe2O4 particles               
    Yokoyama M; Oku T; Taniyama T; Sato T; Ohta E; Sato T; Haneda K; Itoh S; Takeda M; Yokoyama M; Oku T; Taniyama T; Sato T; Ohta E; Sato T; Haneda K; Itoh S; Takeda M
    KEK Progress Report, 1997, [Reviewed]
  • Magnetization process in helical-spin glass reentrant Cr0.81Mn0.19Ge studies by neutron depolarization analysis               
    T. Sato; T. Taniyama; T. Oku; S. Ito; M. Takeda
    Cryst. Res.& Technol., 1996, [Reviewed]
  • INTRAPARTICLE STRUCTURE IN ULTRA-FINE ZNFE2O4 PARTICLES
    M YOKOYAMA; T OKU; T TANIYAMA; T SATA; E OHTA; T SATO; K HANEDA; S ITOH; K KURAHASHI; M TAKEDA, We have performed small-angle polarized-neutron scattering from ultra-fine ZnFe2O4 particles to confirm the intraparticle magnetic structure, which has been considered the origin of its peculiar magnetic features. On the basis of the Q-dependent differential neutron-scattering intensity, we were unable to detect any magnetic structure consisting of magnetically inactive surface layer with magnetic core. Thus, the magnetic behavior of ultra-fine ZnFe2O4 particles is explained in terms of a deviation in cation distribution from the normal spinel structure., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    PHYSICA B, Aug. 1995, [Reviewed]
  • MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OF FERROMAGNETIC FINE PARTICLES DISPERSED IN POLYMER
    T OKU; T SATO; E OHTA, The de susceptibility and magnetization relaxation were investigated on ferromagnetic particles dispersed in a polymer matrix with different configurations of particles in which a strong interparticle interaction is realized. The results suggest that intraparticle anisotropy is dominant in the relaxation process below 10 K, whereas the magnetic property is mainly influenced by interparticle interaction above 10 K., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, Jul. 1995, [Reviewed]
  • HELICAL-SPIN-GLASS REENTRANT TRANSITION IN ITINERANT-ELECTRON TYPE MAGNET CR-1-XMN(X)GE
    T SATO; T ANDO; T OKU; M FURUSAKA, Small-angle neutron-scattering measurements were performed for itinerant-electron-type helical-spin-glass reentrant magnets Cr0.83Mn0.17Ge and Cr0.81Mn0.19Ge. A picture of the spin-glass state coexisting with the helical spin ordering is discussed based on the temperature-dependent neutron-scattering intensity., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, Feb. 1995, [Reviewed]
  • MOSSBAUER STUDY OF THE REENTRANT SPIN-GLASS PHASE OF NI76FE1MN23
    T SATO; T ANDO; T OKU; S MORIMOTO; A ITO, From the Mossbauer study of (Ni76Fe1Mn23)-Fe-57, we deduced the distribution of hyperfine field characterized by two maxima. This is consistent with a picture of intradomain spin structure in the reentrant spin-glass Ni77Mn23 which was estimated from our previous neutron scattering experiments., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, Feb. 1995, [Reviewed]
  • ITINERANT-ELECTRON-TYPE HELICAL-SPIN-GLASS REENTRANT TRANSITION IN CR0.81MN0.19GE
    T SATO; T ANDO; T OKU; M FURUSAKA, Small-angle neutron-scattering and some magnetic measurements of Cr0.81Mn0.19Ge gave evidence of a double transition, from a paramagnetic to a helical magnetic state, and to a mixed state of helical and spin-glass-like ordering with decreasing temperature. The helical spin modulation, having a long period (from 360 angstrom at 5.3 K to 420 angstrom at 12.5 K), indicates the nature of an itinerant-electron-type magnet, and the reentrant transition is interpreted on the basis of the interacting spin fluctuation., AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, May 1994, [Reviewed]
  • EVALUATION OF TOUGHNESS DEGRADATION BY SMALL PUNCH (SP) TESTS FOR NEUTRON-IRRADIATED 21/4CR-1MO STEEL
    M SUZUKI; M ETO; K FUKAYA; Y NISHIYAMA; T KODAIRA; T OKU; M ADACHI; A UMINO; TAKAHASHI, I; T MISAWA; Y HAMAGUCHI, Mechanical properties correlations between the small punch (SP) test and conventional tensile, Charpy impact and fracture toughness tests were investigated on neutron irradiated 2 1/4 Cr-1Mo ferritic steel Estimation of radiation induced changes on tensile strength, elastic-plastic fracture toughness (J(IC)) and ductile-to-brittle transition temperature (DBTT) are thought to be basically possible by mechanical properties correlations when based on sufficient pre-irradiation data., ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
    JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS, Mar. 1991, [Reviewed]

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