High spatial resolution neutron transmission imaging using a superconducting two-dimensional detector

Shishido, Hiroaki*; Nishimura, Kazuma*; Vu, TheDang*; Aizawa, Kazuya; Kojima, Kenji M*; Koyama, Tomio*; Oikawa, Kenichi; Harada, Masahide; Oku, Takayuki; Soyama, Kazuhiko; et al.

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31(9), p.2400505_1 - 2400505_5, 2021/12

https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2021.3111396

In this study, we employed a superconducting detector, current-biased kinetic-inductance detector (CB-KID) for neutron imaging using a pulsed neutron source. We employed the delay-line method, and high spatial resolution imaging with only four reading channels was achieved. We also performed wavelength-resolved neutron imaging by the time-of-flight method. We obtained the neutron transmission images of a Gd-Al alloy sample, inside which single crystals of GdAl were grown, using the delay-line CB-KID. Single crystals were well imaged, in both shapes and distributions, throughout the Al-Gd alloy. We identified Gd nuclei via neutron transmissions that exhibited characteristic suppression above the neutron wavelength of 0.03 nm. In addition, the Gd resonance dip, a dip structure of the transmission caused by the nuclear reaction between an isotope and neutrons, was observed even when the number of events was summed over a limited area of 15 m 12 m. Gd selective imaging was performed using the resonance dip of Gd, and it showed clear Gd distribution even with a limited neutron wavelength range of 1 pm.

Homogeneity of neutron transmission imaging over a large sensitive area with a four-channel superconducting detector

Vu, TheDang; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Kojima, Kenji M*; Koyama, Tomio*; Oikawa, Kenichi; Harada, Masahide; Miyajima, Shigeyuki*; Oku, Takayuki; Soyama, Kazuhiko; Aizawa, Kazuya; et al.

Superconductor Science and Technology, 34(1), p.015010_1 - 015010_10, 2021/01

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/abc2af

Energy-resolved neutron imaging with high spatial resolution using a superconducting delay-line kinetic inductance detector

Iizawa, Yuki*; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Nishimura, Kazuma*; Vu, TheDang*; Kojima, Kenji M*; Koyama, Tomio*; Oikawa, Kenichi; Harada, Masahide; Miyajima, Shigeyuki*; Hidaka, Mutsuo*; et al.

Superconductor Science and Technology, 32(12), p.125009_1 - 125009_8, 2019/12

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/ab4e5c

Multiple-wavelength neutron holography with pulsed neutrons

Hayashi, Koichi*; Oyama, Kenji*; Happo, Naohisa*; Matsushita, Tomohiro*; Hosokawa, Shinya*; Harada, Masahide; Inamura, Yasuhiro; Nitani, Hiroaki*; Shishido, Toetsu*; Yubuta, Kunio*

Science Advances (Internet), 3(8), p.e1700294_1 - e1700294_7, 2017/08

http://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700294

Cyclotron resonance study of quasiparticle mass and scattering rate in the hidden-order and superconducting phases of URuSi

Tonegawa, Sho*; Hashimoto, Kenichiro*; Ikada, Kisuke*; Tsuruhara, Yugo*; Lin, Y.-H.*; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Onuki, Yoshichika; et al.

Physical Review B, 88(24), p.245131_1 - 245131_13, 2013/12

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.245131

Anomalous low-field diamagnetic response in ultraclean URuSi superconductor

Okazaki, Ryuji*; Shimozawa, Masaaki*; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Konczykowski, M.*; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Onuki, Yoshichika; Yanase, Yoichi*; Shibauchi, Takasada*; et al.

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 273, p.012081_1 - 012081_4, 2011/02

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/273/1/012081

Disorder and flux pinning in superconducting pnictide single crystals

Van der Beek, C. J.*; Rizza, G.*; Konczykowski, M.*; Fertey, P.*; Monnet, I.*; Okazaki, Ryuji*; Kato, Tomonari*; Hashimoto, Kenichiro*; Shimozawa, Masaaki*; Shishido, Hiroaki*; et al.

Physica C, 470(Suppl.1), p.S385 - S386, 2010/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2009.11.089

Crystalline disorder in the pnictide superconductor PrFeAsO is studied using magneto-optical visualisation of flux penetration, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation. Critical-state like flux distributions and the magnitude and temperature dependence of the critical current demonstrate bulk vortex pinning by oxygen vacancies at all temperatures.

Exotic superconducting state embedded in the hidden order state of URuSi

Matsuda, Yuji*; Okazaki, Ryuji*; Kasahara, Yuichi*; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Shibauchi, Takasada*; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Onuki, Yoshichika

Physica C, 470(20), p.1013 - 1017, 2010/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2010.05.023

Recent progress in the energy recovery linac project in Japan

Sakanaka, Shogo*; Akemoto, Mitsuo*; Aoto, Tomohiro*; Arakawa, Dai*; Asaoka, Seiji*; Enomoto, Atsushi*; Fukuda, Shigeki*; Furukawa, Kazuro*; Furuya, Takaaki*; Haga, Kaiichi*; et al.

Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.2338 - 2340, 2010/05

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC10/papers/tupe091.pdf

Future synchrotron light source using a 5-GeV energy recovery linac (ERL) is under proposal by our Japanese collaboration team, and we are conducting R&D efforts for that. We are developing high-brightness DC photocathode guns, two types of cryomodules for both injector and main superconducting (SC) linacs, and 1.3 GHz high CW-power RF sources. We are also constructing the Compact ERL (cERL) for demonstrating the recirculation of low-emittance, high-current beams using above-mentioned critical technologies.

Single crystal growth and the fermi surface property in LuCoGa

Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori; Sakai, Hironori; Aoki, Dai*; Ikeda, Shugo; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Settai, Rikio*; Harima, Hisatomo*; Onuki, Yoshichika

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 77(2), p.024704_1 - 024704_6, 2008/02

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.77.024704

We succeeded in growing a high-quality single crystal of LuCoGa with the HoCoGa-type tetragonal crystal structure by the Ga self-flux method. The lattice parameters, fractional coordinates, and thermal parameters were determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements. We also measured the electrical resistivity, specific heat, and the de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) effect. The Fermi surface mainly consists of two nearly cylindrical Fermi surfaces, which are well explained by the results of full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) energy band calculations.