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2023 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

Operating principle of the superconducting neutron detector

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K14566
Research InstitutionOsaka Metropolitan University

Principal Investigator

VU THEDANG  大阪公立大学, 大学院工学研究科, 特任助教 (60826121)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
KeywordsNeutron detector / Superconducting sensor / Positional resolution / Detection efficiency / Fast readout circuit
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

In the final fiscal year of 2023, we evaluated all results obtained in this project in view of publication missions and exploring new ideas for future studies. (1) To optimize neutron detectors, the stabilization of temperature at 5K was important to obtain high-resolution images under pulsed neutron. In preceding studies, we found the spatial resolution was dependent on the detector position at the central areas or at the detector edges. The delay-line technique is influenced by the propagation-velocity fluctuations in evaluating positions of the images. The temperature stability of neutron detector realized within +/-70 uK reduced such efforts appreciably. (2) We built a new cryostat to mount the test sample at room temperature [1]. This made it possible to apply our method to various different samples. (3) The best resolution was 10um when the sample was placed at cryogenic sample while it was 24um when the sample was placed at room temperature. We can conduct the energy-resolving spectroscopy from 1meV to 500keV [2]. (4) We conducted neutron transmission imaging for various samples such as SmSn3 crystal, FeS2 crystal, Ammonite Fe2O3, and Wood metal alloy [3], and YbSn3 crystal [4].
[1] T. Ishida, T.D. Vu, at al., J. Low Temp. Phys. 214, 152 (2024).
[2] T.D. Vu, et al., Invited talks at 4th ICEBA2023 (Dec 8th 2023, HCM, Vietnam).
[3] T.D. Vu et al., J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 2545, 012019 (2023).
[4] H. Shishido, T.D. Vu, et al., J. Appl. Cryst. 56, 1108-1113 (2023).

  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2024 2023

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Neutron Transmission CB-KID Imager Using Samples Placed at Room Temperature2024

    • Author(s)
      Ishida Takekazu、Vu The Dang、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
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Low Temperature Physics

      Volume: 214 Pages: 152~157

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10909-023-03030-9

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Neutron transmission imaging system with a superconducting kinetic inductance detector2024

    • Author(s)
      Vu The Dang、Shishido Hiroaki、Aizawa Kazuya、Oku Takayuki、Oikawa Kenichi、Harada Masahide、Kojima Kenji M.、Miyajima Shigeyuki、Soyama Kazuhiko、Koyama Tomio、Hidaka Mutsuo、Suzuki Soh Y.、Tanaka Manobu M.、Malins Alex、Machida Masahiko、Ishida Takekazu
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics: Conference Series

      Volume: 2323 Pages: in press

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Orientation mapping of YbSn3 single crystals based on Bragg-dip analysis using a delay-line superconducting sensor2023

    • Author(s)
      Shishido Hiroaki、Vu The Dang、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
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Applied Crystallography

      Volume: 56 Pages: 1108~1113

    • DOI

      10.1107/S1600576723005204

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Superconducting neutron transmission imaging for investigating a sequential change in phase separations of low-melting Wood’s metal2023

    • Author(s)
      Dang Vu The、Shishido Hiroaki、Aizawa Kazuya、Oku Takayuki、Oikawa Kenichi、Harada Masahide、Kojima Kenji M.、Miyajima Shigeyuki、Soyama Kazuhiko、Koyama Tomio、Hidaka Mutsuo、Suzuki Soh Y.、Tanaka Manobu M.、Machida Masahiko、Kawamata Shuichi、Ishida Takekazu
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics: Conference Series

      Volume: 2545 Pages: 012019~012019

    • DOI

      10.1088/1742-6596/2545/1/012019

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Crystalline Orientation of CaF2 window determined by Neutron Transmission Imaging using a Delay Line Current-Biased Kinetic-Inductance Detector2023

    • Author(s)
      Shishido Hiroaki、Dang Vu The、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
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics: Conference Series

      Volume: 2545 Pages: 012020~012020

    • DOI

      10.1088/1742-6596/2545/1/012020

    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Application of energy-resolving neutron imaging to major-component analyses of materials using four-channel superconducting detector2023

    • Author(s)
      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
    • Organizer
      The 4th International Conference on Engineering Physics, MEMS-Biosensors and Applications (4th ICEBA2023), Dec 8, 2023
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Neutron transmission imaging system with a superconducting kinetic inductance detector2023

    • Author(s)
      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
    • Organizer
      the 36th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2023)
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Neutron Transmission CB-KID Imager Using Samples Placed at Room Temperature2023

    • Author(s)
      Ishida Takekazu、Vu The Dang、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
    • Organizer
      LTD20, the 20th International Conference on Low Temperature Detectors, Daejeon, South Korea, July 23-28, 2023.
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] High-resolution Neutron Imaging under Pulsed Neutrons using Superconducting Detector2023

    • Author(s)
      Ishida Takekazu、Vu The Dang、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
    • Organizer
      The 18th International Superconductive Electronics Conference (ISEC 2023) Nanjing, China, fNov. 10th - 13th, 2023
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Neutron transmission imaging of room-temperature samples by a superconducting detector2023

    • Author(s)
      Ishida Takekazu、Vu The Dang、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
    • Organizer
      The 11th East Asia Symposium on Superconductor Electronics (EASSE 2023) in Okayama, 27-29 March 2023
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited

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Published: 2024-12-25  

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