Development of thermal neutron focusing device using supermirrors

Osakabe, Toyotaka  ; Soyama, Kazuhiko  ; Suzuki, Koji*; Miyo, Tatsuya*

The neutron-focusing is an indispensable technical element in the experments under extreme condition with tiny samples. In this article, the development of the thermal neutron focusing device is reported. The device has 18 pieces of the 3Q NiC/Ti neutron supermirrors with the shape of a circle. The extension of the end of each mirror meets at a focal point (sample position). Neutrons are repeatedly reflected with the same angle by the inner side of the circle and arrive at the sample position. The test results show that the integrated intensity increases by a factor of 2 or more for the neutron wavelength of 2.36AA .