Adelphi's Publications

NEUTRON GENERATORS AND APPLICATIONS

2023

Carlo Cazzaniga, Paula Luna Dapica, Khai Ngo, Michela Paoletti, Veronica Smith, Craig Brown, Marco Tardocchi, Enrico Perelli Cippo, Davide Rigamonti, Stefano Colombi, Steven Lilley, Maria Kastriotou, Christopher D. Frost
"Characterization Measurements of Compact Neutron Generators of the New NILE Facility"
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 70, no. 8, pp. 1616-1624, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TNS.2023.3293797.

Two compact generators of 14 and 2.5 MeV neutrons have been installed in the new Neutron Irradiation Laboratory for Electronics (NILE) facility. Neutrons are produced by deuterium-deuterium (DD) and deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion reactions. The facility has been designed with the assistance of Monte Carlo calculations. Here, we present neutron measurements with multiple techniques for the characterization of the radiation field and dosimetry. Activation foils are used as a standard technique for passive measurements of neutron fluxes. Active detectors, like fission chambers, are used mainly as online neutron monitor. Diamond detectors are applied with the main purpose of high-resolution neutron spectroscopy. Scintillators are used as neutron monitors and spectrometers with the additional capability of neutron/gamma discrimination. The characterized neutron beams will be mainly applied for the testing of electronics.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10180224

Cremer, Jay Theodore, and Les G. Butler.
"Grating-Based Imaging-Scattering with Portable Neutron Generator"
Final_Report_DE-SC0019636_July2023. Adelphi Technology, Inc., 2023.

This project will develop a greenhouse-compatible neutron interferometry radiography system for imaging plant roots and soil systems grown or transplanted into aluminum pots. The significance is that long-duration, extensive sampling of plant growth factors is essential for food security. The opportunity is based on recent developments in robust (battlefield) neutron sources and a new low-cost route to neutron interferometry optics.

https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1988056

2021

Mausolf, Edward J., Erik V. Johnstone, Natalia Mayordomo, David L. Williams, Eugene Yao Z. Guan, and Charles K. Gary.
"Fusion-based neutron generator production of Tc-99m and Tc-101: a prospective avenue to technetium theranostics."
Pharmaceuticals 14, no. 9 (2021): 875.

Presented are the results of 99mTc and 101Tc production via neutron irradiation of natural isotopic molybdenum (Mo) with epithermal/resonance neutrons. Neutrons were produced using a deuterium-deuterium (D-D) neutron generator with an output of 2 × 1010 n/s. The separation of Tc from an irradiated source of bulk, low-specific activity (LSA) Mo on activated carbon (AC) was demonstrated. The yields of 99mTc and 101Tc, together with their potential use in medical single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) procedures, have been evaluated from the perspective of commercial production, with a patient dose consisting of 740 MBq (20 mCi) of 99mTc. The number of neutron generators to meet the annual 40,000,000 world-wide procedures is estimated for each imaging modality: 99mTc versus 101Tc, D-D versus deuterium-tritium (D-T) neutron generator system outputs, and whether or not natural molybdenum or enriched targets are used for production. The financial implications for neutron generator production of these isotopes is also presented. The use of 101Tc as a diagnostic, therapeutic, and/or theranostic isotope for use in medical applications is proposed and compared to known commercial nuclear diagnostic and therapeutic isotopes.

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/14/9/875

2020

Williams, David L., Craig M. Brown, David Tong, Alexander Sulyman, and Charles K. Gary.
"A fast neutron radiography system using a high yield portable DT neutron source."
Journal of imaging 6, no. 12 (2020): 128.

Resolution measurements were made using 14.1 MeV neutrons from a high-yield, portable DT neutron generator and a neutron camera based on a scintillation screen viewed by a digital camera. Resolution measurements were made using a custom-built, plastic, USAF-1951 resolution chart, of dimensions 125 × 98 × 25.4 mm3, and by calculating the modulation transfer function from the edge-spread function from edges of plastic and steel objects. A portable neutron generator with a yield of 3 × 109 n/s (DT) and a spot size of 1.5 mm was used to irradiate the object with neutrons for 10 min. The neutron camera, based on a 6LiF/ZnS:Cu-doped polypropylene scintillation screen and digital camera was placed at a distance of 140 cm, and produced an image with a spatial resolution of 0.35 cycles per millimeter.

https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/6/12/128

2019

Mauricio Ayllon Unzueta, Eoin Brodie, Craig Brown, Cristina Castanha, Charles Gary, Caitlin Hicks Pries, William Larsen, Bernhard Ludewigt, Andrew Rosenstrom, and Arun Persaud "An associated particle imaging system for soil-carbon measurements" Proc. SPIE 11114, Hard X-Ray, Gamma-Ray, and Neutron Detector Physics XXI, 111141B (9 September 2019).

We present first results from experimental data showing the capabilities of an Associated Particle Imaging system to measure carbon in soil and other elements. Specifically, we present results from a pre-mixed soil sample containing pure sand (SiO2) and 4 % carbon by weight. Because the main isotopes of all those three elements emit characteristic high-energy gamma rays following inelastic neutron scattering, it is possible to measure their distribution with our instrument. A 3D resolution of several centimeters in all dimensions has been demonstrated.

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530704

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.00950

2015

Vainionpaa, Jaakko H., Allan X. Chen, Melvin A. Piestrup, Charles K. Gary, Glenn Jones, and Richard H. Pantell. "Development of high flux thermal neutron generator for neutron activation analysis." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 350 (2015): 88-93. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X15000026 Bergaoui, K., N. Reguigui, C. K. Gary, C. Brown, J. T. Cremer, J. H. Vainionpaa, and M. A. Piestrup. "Prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis of boron using Deuterium–Deuterium (D–D) neutron generator." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 303 (2015): 115-121. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10967-014-3298-4 https://www.academia.edu/download/38359054/2015_JRANC_-_Prompt_gamma-ray_neutron_activation.pdf

2014

Bergaoui, K., N. Reguigui, C. K. Gary, C. Brown, J. T. Cremer, J. H. Vainionpaa, and M. A. Piestrup. "Development of a new deuterium–deuterium (D–D) neutron generator for prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis." Applied Radiation and Isotopes 94 (2014): 319-327. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969804314003273 https://www.academia.edu/download/37816129/2014_ARI_-_Development_PGN-NG.pdf Bergaoui, K., N. Reguigui, C. K. Gary, J. T. Cremer, J. H. Vainionpaa, and M. A. Piestrup. "Design, testing and optimization of a neutron radiography system based on a Deuterium–Deuterium (D–D) neutron generator." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 299 (2014): 41-51. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10967-013-2729-y https://www.academia.edu/download/37816092/2014_JRANC_-_NG_Radiography.pdf

2013

Loong, C-K., Ray Sollychin, Raymond Kingwen Wong, Keith Bradley, Melvin A. Piestrup, and Tianjiao Liang. "The pros and cons of preliminary R&D of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy based on compact neutron generators: A plan of collaboration." Physics Procedia 60 (2014): 264-270. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875389214005835 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875389214005835/pdf?md5=6a19730cca6f1d655d233f0331fc55f3&pid=1-s2.0-S1875389214005835-main.pdf&_valck=1 Kane, Steven, Tsahi Gozani, Michael J. King, John Kwong, Craig Brown, Charles Gary, Murray I. Firestone, James A. Nikkel, and Daniel N. McKinsey. "Simulations of multi-gamma coincidences from neutron-induced fission in special nuclear materials." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 60, no. 2 (2013): 533-538. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6496301/ Cremer Jr, Jay Theodore. Neutron and X-ray Optics (Elsevier Insights) 1st Edition ISBN-10: 0124071643 | ISBN-13: 978-0124071643 https://www.amazon.com/Neutron-X-ray-Optics-Elsevier-Insights/dp/0124071643

2012

Gary, Charles, Steve Kane, Murray I. Firestone, Gregory Smith, Tsahi Gozani, Craig Brown, John Kwong, Michael J. King, James A. Nikkel, and Dan McKinsey. "Large area liquid argon detectors for interrogation systems." AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1525, no. 1, pp. 698-703. American Institute of Physics, 2013. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-abstract/1525/1/698/848627 Cremer Jr, Jay Theodore. Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics: Part A (Volume 172) Neutron and X-ray Optics. Newnes, 2013. Academic Press, ISBN 0123944228, 9780123944221 https://www.amazon.com/Advances-Imaging-Electron-Physics-172/dp/0123944228/ Cremer, J. T., D. L. Williams, C. K. Gary, M. A. Piestrup, D. R. Faber, M. J. Fuller, J. H. Vainionpaa, M. Apodaca, R. H. Pantell, and J. Feinstein. "Large area imaging of hydrogenous materials using fast neutrons from a DD fusion generator." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 675 (2012): 51-55. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900212001386 https://www.academia.edu/download/47825443/Fast_Radiography_-_published_-_1-s2.0-S0168900212001386-main.pdf Vainionpaa, J. H., J. L. Harris, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, D. L. Williams, M. D. Apodaca, J. T. Cremer, Qing Ji, B. A. Ludewigt, and G. Jones. "High yield neutron generators using the DD reaction." AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1525, no. 1, pp. 118-122. American Institute of Physics, 2013. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-abstract/1525/1/118/848824 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/J-Vainionpaa/publication/258740293_High_Yield_Neutron_Generators_Using_The_DD_Reaction/links/54a2f2f00cf256bf8bb0dde8/High-Yield-Neutron-Generators-Using-The-DD-Reaction.pdf

2011

Nikkel, J. A., T. Gozani, C. Brown, J. Kwong, D. N. McKinsey, Y. Shin, S. Kane, C. Gary, and M. Firestone. "Liquefied Noble Gas (LNG) detectors for detection of nuclear materials." Journal of Instrumentation 7, no. 03 (2012): C03007. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-0221/7/03/C03007/meta https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charles-Gary-2/publication/254496455_Liquefied_Noble_Gas_Detectors_for_Detection_of_Nuclear_Materials/links/00b49538270ddd0f19000000/Liquefied-Noble-Gas-Detectors-for-Detection-of-Nuclear-Materials.pdf Cremer, J. T., D. L. Williams, M. J. Fuller, C. K. Gary, M. A. Piestrup, R. H. Pantell, J. Feinstein et al. "Periodic magnetic field as a polarized and focusing thermal neutron spectrometer and monochromator." Review of Scientific Instruments 81, no. 1 (2010). https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article/81/1/013902/355580 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2852448/pdf/RSINAK-000081-013902_1.pdf Piestrup, M. A., J. L. Harris, J. H. Vainionpaa, C. K. Gary, B. A. Ludewigt, Qing Ji, G. Palestro et al. "A Coaxial Neutron Generator for NCT." NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY 2010: 492. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Igor-Sheino/publication/246095108_Creation_of_a_clinical_facility_for_NCT_at_the_MEPhI_research_nuclear_reactor/links/57f4fa5508ae886b897f67ad/Creation-of-a-clinical-facility-for-NCT-at-the-MEPhI-research-nuclear-reactor.pdf#page=503

2009

Fuller, M. K., M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, J. L. Harris, G. Jones, J. H. Vainionpaa, D. L. Williams et al. "Long-lifetime high-yield neutron generators using the D–D reaction." In Proc. Int. Topical Meeting Nuclear Research Applications and Utilization of Accelerators (International Atomic Energy Agency). 2009. https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/P1433_CD/datasets/papers/ap_ie-01.pdf

2008

Williams, D. L., J. H. Vainionpaa, G. Jones, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, J. L. Harris, M. J. Fuller et al. "High Intensity, Pulsed, D‐D Neutron Generator." AIP conference proceedings, vol. 1099, no. 1, pp. 936-939. American Institute of Physics, 2009. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-abstract/1099/1/936/829001 https://escholarship.org/content/qt8pz9p43n/qt8pz9p43n_noSplash_330ab41659f8bcca91b0e7fe9d5fa083.pdf

2007

Nasonov, N. N., A. S. Kubankin, P. N. Zhukova, M. Goldstein, D. L. Williams, M. A. Piestrup, and H. Park. "Extreme ultraviolet emission from non-relativistic electrons penetrating a multilayer nanostructure." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 254, no. 2 (2007): 259-267. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X06011608 https://www.academia.edu/download/92923507/Nasonov_Extreme_ultraviolet.pdf J. Reijonen, N. Andresen, F. Gicquel, R. Gough, M. King, T. Kalvas, K.-N. Leung, T.-P. Lou, H. Vainionpaa, A. Antolak, D. Morse, B. Doyle, G. Miller, M. Piestrup Development of advanced neutron/gamma generators for imaging and active interrogation applications. Optics and Photonics in Global Homeland Security III (Vol. 6540, pp. 331-342). SPIE.(2007) https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/6540/65401P/Development-of-advanced-neutron-gamma-generators-for-imaging-and-active/10.1117/12.724783.short https://www-eng.lbl.gov/~fmgicque/personal/publications/SPIE%202007%20Paper%20as%20Published.pdf Cremer, J. T., H. Park, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, R. H. Pantell, R. G. Flocchini, H. P. Egbert, M. D. Kloh, and R. B. Walker. "Simple microscope using a compound refractive lens and a wide-bandwidth thermal neutron beam." Applied physics letters 90, no. 14 (2007) https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/90/14/141113/326923 https://escholarship.org/content/qt52s8z317/qt52s8z317.pdf https://www.academia.edu/download/92923452/qt52s8z317.pdf

2006

Park, H., J. T. Cremer, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, Rex P. Hjelm, W. C. L. J. Sellyey, and R. H. Pantell. "Measured operational neutron energies of compound refractive lenses." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 251, no. 2 (2006): 507-511. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X06008676

2005

Cremer, J. T., M. A. Piestrup, H. Park, C. K. Gary, R. H. Pantell, C. J. Glinka, and J. G. Barker. "Imaging hydrogenous materials with a neutron microscope." Applied Physics Letters 87, no. 16 (2005). https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/87/16/161913/909719 https://www.academia.edu/download/92923458/0468.pdf Cremer, Jay Theodore, Melvin A. Piestrup, and Xizeng Wu. "Fast and thermal neutron radiography." Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications VII, vol. 5923, pp. 46-64. SPIE, 2005. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/5923/59230A/Fast-and-thermal-neutron-radiography/10.1117/12.624972.short

2004

Piestrup, M. A. "Large area x-ray and neutron imaging using three-dimensional arrays of microlenses." Review of scientific instruments 75, no. 11 (2004): 4769-4774. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/75/11/4769/351488 Cremer, Jay T., Melvin A. Piestrup, Charles K. Gary, R. H. Pantell, and C. J. Glinka. "Biological imaging with a neutron microscope." Applied Physics Letters 85, no. 3 (2004): 494-496. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/85/3/494/320290

2002

Beguiristain, H. R., J. T. Cremer, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, and R. H. Pantell. "X-ray focusing with compound lenses made from beryllium." Optics letters 27, no. 9 (2002): 778-780. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-27-9-778 https://opg.optica.org/viewmedia.cfm?seq=0&uri=ol-27-9-778 Beguiristain, H. R., I. S. Anderson, C. D. Dewhurst, M. A. Piestrup, J. T. Cremer, and R. H. Pantell. "A simple neutron microscope using a compound refractive lens." Applied physics letters 81, no. 22 (2002): 4290-4292. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-abstract/81/22/4290/514165

X-RAY SOURCES AND OPTICS

2007

Gary, C. K., H. Park, L. W. Lombardo, M. A. Piestrup, J. T. Cremer, R. H. Pantell, and Y. I. Dudchik. "High resolution x-ray microscope." Applied physics letters 90, no. 18 (2007). https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/90/18/181111/332739 https://elib.bsu.by/bitstream/123456789/19482/1/Gary%20APL%2090_181111%202007%20-%20coin%20microscope.pdf Dudchik, Yu I., Fadei F. Komarov, Melvin A. Piestrup, Charles K. Gary, H. Park, and J. T. Cremer. "Using of a microcapillary refractive X-ray lens for focusing and imaging." Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 62, no. 6-7 (2007): 598-602. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0584854707001590 https://elib.bsu.by/bitstream/123456789/19423/1/Dudchik_2007.pdf

2005

Kaplin, V. V., S. R. Uglov, O. F. Bulaev, V. J. Goncharov, A. A. Voronin, I. Vaskovsky, G. Sergeev et al. "X-ray Generation from thin targets mounted inside a compact betatron." Fourth Generation X-Ray Sources and Optics III, vol. 5917, pp. 110-116. SPIE, 2005. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/5917/59170J/X-ray-generation-from-thin-targets-mounted-inside-a-compact/10.1117/12.624918.short

2004

Dudchik, Yu I., N. N. Kolchevsky, F. F. Komarov, M. A. Piestrup, J. T. Cremer, C. K. Gary, H. Park, and A. M. Khounsary. "Microspot x-ray focusing using a short focal-length compound refractive lenses." Review of scientific instruments 75, no. 11 (2004): 4651-4655. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/75/11/4651/351552 https://www.academia.edu/download/108229898/5430637d2561708addb11fd8a492aa08b569.pdf Gary, C. K., S. A. Pikuz, M. D. Mitchell, K. M. Chandler, T. A. Shelkovenko, D. A. Hammer, and Yu I. Dudchik. "X-ray imaging of an X-pinch plasma with a bubble compound refractive lens." Review of scientific instruments 75, no. 10 (2004): 3950-3952. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/75/10/3950/350322 Piestrup, M. A. "Large area x-ray and neutron imaging using three-dimensional arrays of microlenses." Review of scientific instruments 75, no. 11 (2004): 4769-4774. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/75/11/4769/351488 Cremer, J. Theodore, Melvin A. Piestrup, Charles K. Gary, and Richard H. Pantell. "Large-aperture compound refractive lenses." Fourth-Generation X-Ray Sources and Ultrafast X-Ray Detectors, vol. 5194, pp. 62-89. SPIE, 2004. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/5194/0000/Large-aperture-compound-refractive-lenses/10.1117/12.514857.short Dudchik, Yury I., Nicolai N. Kolchevsky, Fadei F. Komarov, Melvin A. Piestrup, J. Theodore Cremer, Charles K. Gary, and Richard H. Pantell. "Short-focal-length compound refractive lenses for X-rays." Fourth-Generation X-Ray Sources and Ultrafast X-Ray Detectors, vol. 5194, pp. 56-61. SPIE, 2004. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/5194/0000/Short-focal-length-compound-refractive-lenses-for-x-rays/10.1117/12.506298.short https://elib.bsu.by/bitstream/123456789/20332/1/%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B7%20%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85Dudchik_SPIE_5194_56_XCRL_2003.pdf

2003

Shastri, Sarvjit D., A. Mashayekhi, Jay Theodore Cremer, and Melvin A. Piestrup. "X-ray optics for 50-100 keV undulator radiation using crystals and refractive lenses." Crystals, Multilayers, and Other Synchrotron Optics, vol. 5195, pp. 63-75. SPIE, 2003. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/5195/0000/X-ray-optics-for-50---100-keV-undulator/10.1117/12.506374.short Cremer, J. T., M. A. Piestrup, H. R. Beguiristain, C. K. Gary, and R. H. Pantell. "Large aperture compound lenses made of lithium." Review of scientific instruments 74, no. 4 (2003): 2262-2266. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/74/4/2262/3165294 https://www.academia.edu/download/92923482/792df85099cde4182c1434628b052fd28682.pdf Pantell, Richard H., Joseph Feinstein, H. Raul Beguiristain, Melvin A. Piestrup, Charles K. Gary, and Jay T. Cremer. "Characteristics of the thick, compound refractive lens." Applied Optics 42, no. 4 (2003): 719-723. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=AO-42-4-719 https://opg.optica.org/viewmedia.cfm?seq=0&uri=ao-42-4-719 Nasonov, N. N., V. V. Kaplin, S. R. Uglov, M. A. Piestrup, and C. K. Gary. "X rays from relativistic electrons in a multilayer structure." Physical Review E 68, no. 3 (2003): 036504. https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.68.036504 N. N. Nasonov, V. V. Kaplin, S. R. Uglov, M. A. Piestrup and C. K. Gary, “Grazing Incidence Parametric X-Ray From Multilayer Mirror,” Phys. Rev. E. 68, 1063, (2003).

2002

Beguiristain, H. R., J. T. Cremer, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, and R. H. Pantell. "X-ray focusing with compound lenses made from beryllium." Optics letters 27, no. 9 (2002): 778-780. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-27-9-778 https://opg.optica.org/viewmedia.cfm?seq=0&uri=ol-27-9-778 Kaplin, V. V., S. R. Uglov, O. F. Bulaev, V. J. Goncharov, A. A. Voronin, M. A. Piestrup, and C. K. Gary. "Thin betatron radiators for more efficient x-ray generation." Review of scientific instruments 73, no. 1 (2002): 63-68. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/73/1/63/436546 Kaplin, V. V., S. R. Uglov, O. F. Bulaev, V. J. Goncharov, A. A. Voronin, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, N. N. Nasonov, and M. K. Fuller. "Tunable, monochromatic x rays using the internal beam of a betatron." Applied physics letters 80, no. 18 (2002): 3427-3429. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-abstract/80/18/3427/515000

2001

Pantell, Richard H., Joseph Feinstein, H. Raul Beguiristain, Melvin A. Piestrup, Charles K. Gary, and J. Theodore Cremer. "Refractive lenses for coherent x-ray sources." Applied Optics 40, no. 28 (2001): 5100-5105. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-40-28-5100 https://opg.optica.org/viewmedia.cfm?uri=ao-40-28-5100 Pantell, Richard H., Joseph Feinstein, H. Raul Beguiristain, Melvin A. Piestrup, Charles K. Gary, and J. Theodore Cremer. "Focusing coherent x-rays with refractive optics." X-Ray FEL Optics and Instrumentation, vol. 4143, pp. 109-117. SPIE, 2001. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/4143/0000/Focusing-coherent-x-rays-with-refractive-optics/10.1117/12.413686.short Piestrup, M. A., H. R. Beguiristain, C. K. Gary, J. T. Cremer, R. H. Pantell, and R. Tatchyn. "Compound refractive lenses for novel X-ray sources." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 173, no. 1-2 (2001): 170-177. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X00002445 Pantell, R. H., J. Feinstein, H. R. Beguiristain, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, and J. T. Cremer. "The effect of unit lens alignment and surface roughness on x-ray compound lens performance." Review of Scientific Instruments 72, no. 1 (2001): 48-52. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/72/1/48/3190527 Feinstein, RH Pantell J., JT Cremer MA Piestrup, and HR Beguiristain CK Gary. "Optics for coherent x-ray sources." Proc. SPIE, vol. 4500, p. 124. Kaplin, V. V., S. R. Uglov, O. F. Bulaev, V. J. Goncharov, M. A. Piestrup, and C. K. Gary. "Observation of multiple passes of electrons through thin internal targets of a betatron." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 173, no. 1-2 (2001): 3-15. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X00002512 Piestrup, M. A., Xizeng Wu, V. V. Kaplan, S. R. Uglov, J. T. Cremer, D. W. Rule, and R. B. Fiorito. "A design of mammography units using a quasimonochromatic x-ray source." Review of Scientific Instruments 72, no. 4 (2001): 2159-2170. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/72/4/2159/436386 Kaplin, V. V., S. R. Uglov, O. F. Bulaev, V. J. Goncharov, M. A. Piestrup, and C. K. Gary. "Observation of multiple passes of electrons through thin internal targets of a betatron." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 173, no. 1-2 (2001): 3-15. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X00002512

2000

Beguiristain, H. Raul, J. Theodore Cremer, Melvin A. Piestrup, Richard H. Pantell, Charles K. Gary, and Joseph Feinstein. "Compound x-ray refractive lenses made of polyimide." Advances in Laboratory-based X-Ray Sources and Optics, vol. 4144, pp. 155-164. SPIE, 2000. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/4144/0000/Compound-x-ray-refractive-lenses-made-of-polyimide/10.1117/12.405889.short Piestrup, M. A., J. T. Cremer, H. R. Beguiristain, C. K. Gary, and R. H. Pantell. "Two-dimensional x-ray focusing from compound lenses made of plastic." Review of Scientific Instruments 71, no. 12 (2000): 4375-4379. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/71/12/4375/350610 Kaplin, V. V., S. R. Uglov, V. N. Zabaev, M. A. Piestrup, C. K. Gary, N. N. Nasonov, and M. K. Fuller. "Observation of bright monochromatic x rays generated by relativistic electrons passing through a multilayer mirror." Applied Physics Letters 76, no. 24 (2000): 3647-3649. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-abstract/76/24/3647/515307

1999

Beguiristain, H. R., M. A. Piestrup, R. H. Pantell, C. K. Gary, J. T. Cremer, and R. Tatchyn. "Development of compound refractive lenses for x-rays." AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 521, no. 1, pp. 258-266. American Institute of Physics, 2000. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/acp/article-abstract/521/1/258/569580 Cremer, J. T., M. A. Piestrup, H. R. Beguiristain, C. K. Gary, R. H. Pantell, and R. Tatchyn. "Cylindrical compound refractive x-ray lenses using plastic substrates." Review of scientific instruments 70, no. 9 (1999): 3545-3548. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/70/9/3545/349797

1998

Piestrup, Melvin A., Michael W. Powell, J. Theodore Cremer, Louis W. Lombardo, V. V. Kaplin, A. A. Mihal'Chuk, S. R. Uglov et al. "Compact recycled beam source for XRL and EUVL exposure tools." Emerging Lithographic Technologies II, vol. 3331, pp. 450-463. SPIE, 1998. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/3331/0000/Compact-recycled-beam-source-for-XRL-and-EUVL-exposure-tools/10.1117/12.309599.short Kaplin, V. V., L. W. Lombardo, A. A. Mihal'Chuk, M. A. Piestrup, and S. R. Uglov. "X-ray production simulation of an electron beam recycled through a betatron's internal target." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 145, no. 1-2 (1998): 244-252. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X98003772 Piestrup, M. A., M. W. Powell, S. Mrowka, J. T. Cremer, L. W. Lombardo, M. B. Chase, D. Snyder, H. Rietdyk, and X. K. Maruyama. "A transition radiation source with a grazing angle optic for step and scan lithography." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 145, no. 1-2 (1998): 230-235. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X98002870 https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/43153/Maruyama_A_Transition_1998.pdf?sequence=1 Piestrup, M. A., M. W. Powell, S. Mrowka, J. T. Cremer, L. W. Lombardo, M. B. Chase, D. Snyder, H. Rietdyk, and X. K. Maruyama. "A transition radiation source with a grazing angle optic for step and scan lithography." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 145, no. 1-2 (1998): 230-235. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X98002870 https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/43153/Maruyama_A_Transition_1998.pdf?sequence=1 Piestrup, M. A., L. W. Lombardo, J. T. Cremer, G. A. Retzlaff, R. M. Silzer, D. M. Skopik, and V. V. Kaplin. "Increased x-ray production efficiency from transition radiators utilizing a multiple-pass electron beam." Review of scientific instruments 69, no. 6 (1998): 2223-2229. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/69/6/2223/435762 https://scholar.archive.org/work/gft3cx2uwrd4pmwqhyvuhuviju/access/wayback/http://ushas.grainger.uiuc.edu/~aip/rsi/69_06/016806/016806rs.pdf Andreyashkin, M. Yu, V. V. Kaplin, S. R. Uglov, V. N. Zabaev, and M. A. Piestrup. "X-ray emission by multiple passes of electrons through periodic and crystalline targets mounted inside a synchrotron." Applied physics letters 72, no. 11 (1998): 1385-1387. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-abstract/72/11/1385/68434 Piestrup, Melvin A., Harold E. Puthoff, and Paul J. Ebert. "REPORT DOCUMENTATION F." (1998). https://www.academia.edu/download/69265580/Enhanced_correlated-Charge_Field_Emissio20210909-21694-1jbqfxa.pdf

1997

Piestrup, Melvin A., Michael W. Powell, Stanley Mrowka, Louis W. Lombardo, Michael B. Chase, J. Theodore Cremer, and Xavier K. Maruyama. "Single-stepper soft x-ray source for step-and-scan tools." Emerging Lithographic Technologies, vol. 3048, pp. 176-182. SPIE, 1997. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/3048/0000/Single-stepper-soft-x-ray-source-for-step-and-scan/10.1117/12.275774.short

1996

Tatchyn, R., T. Cremer, D. Boyers, Q. Li, and M. Piestrup. "Multilayer optics for harmonic control of angiography beamline sources." Review of Scientific Instruments 67, no. 9 (1996): 3357-3357. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-abstract/67/9/3357/1072603 Piestrup, Melvin A., Michael W. Powell, and Louis W. Lombardo. "Alternative soft x-ray source for step-and-scan lithography." Electron-Beam, X-Ray, EUV, and Ion-Beam Submicrometer Lithographies for Manufacturing VI, vol. 2723, pp. 288-298. SPIE, 1996. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/2723/0000/Alternative-soft-x-ray-source-for-step-and-scan-lithography/10.1117/12.240481.short M. A. Piestrup, M. W. Powell, L. W. Lombardo Alternative source for step and scan lithography SPIE 2723, 288 (1996). Abstract: In recent work, multilayers with band‐tailored optics for dual energy digital subtraction angiography (DDSA) applications have been designed and tested at SSRL. Control of various multilayer parameters, including period grading, ratio of high‐to‐low Z material thickness, number of layers, etc., was used to produce reflectors with bandwidths ranging from 0.6%–10% and efficiencies in the 30%–95% range. In this paper, we consider the control of multilayer bandshapes and the implementation of double‐reflection multilayer configurations to further control the first harmonic (33 keV) bandwidth and to suppress or eliminate the 66 keV and 99 keV harmonics present on angiography beamlines driven by wiggler or micropole undulator sources

1995

Fiorito, R. B., D. W. Rule, M. A. Piestrup, X. K. Maruyama, R. M. Silzer, D. M. Skopik, and A. V. Shchagin. "Polarized angular distributions of parametric x radiation and vacuum-ultraviolet transition radiation from relativistic electrons." Physical Review E 51, no. 4 (1995): R2759. https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.51.R2759 https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/47510/Maruyama_Polarized_angular_1995.pdf?sequence=4

1994

Boyers, D., A. Ho, Q. Li, M. Piestrup, M. Rice, and R. Tatchyn. "Tests of variable-band multilayers designed for investigating optimal signal-to-noise versus artifact signal ratios in dual-energy digital subtraction angiography (DDSA) imaging systems." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 346, no. 3 (1994): 565-570. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0168900294905932 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0168900294905932/pdf?md5=f0f3b92621f546fc7ca0a5a8828b44e0&pid=1-s2.0-0168900294905932-main.pdf https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10136242

1993

Ho, A. H., M. A. Piestrup, R. M. Silzer, and D. M. Skopik. "Surface roughness effects on cylindrical grazing incidence x‐ray optics for transition radiation." Journal of applied physics 74, no. 9 (1993): 5320-5326. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article-abstract/74/9/5320/494156 Gary, C. K., M. A. Piestrup, D. G. Boyers, C. I. Pincus, R. H. Pantell, and G. B. Rothbart. "Noninvasive digital energy subtraction angiography with a channeling‐radiation x‐ray source." Medical physics 20, no. 5 (1993): 1527-1535. https://aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1118/1.597116 Fiorito, R. B., D. W. Rule, M. A. Piestrup, Li Qiang, A. H. Ho, and X. K. Maruyama. "Parametric X-ray generation from moderate energy electron beams." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 79, no. 1-4 (1993): 758-761. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0168583X9395461D https://www.academia.edu/download/92923466/0168-583x_2893_2995461-d20221023-1-1g0z23v.pdf Fiorito, R. B., D. W. Rule, X. K. Maruyama, K. L. DiNova, S. J. Evertson, M. J. Osborne, D. Snyder, H. Rietdyk, M. A. Piestrup, and A. H. Ho. "Observation of higher order parametric x-ray spectra in mosaic graphite and single silicon crystals." Physical review letters 71, no. 5 (1993): 704. https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.704 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/36739590.pdf

1992

Piestrup, M. A., A. H. Ho, Qiang Li, R. M. Silzer, G. Feldman, and D. M. Skopik. "Measurements of x‐ray emission from zinc and molybdenum transition radiators." Journal of applied physics 73, no. 10 (1993): 5152-5157. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article-abstract/73/10/5152/509134 Piestrup, M. A., D. G. Boyers, C. I. Pincus, Qiang Li, A. H. Ho, X. K. Maruyama, D. D. Snyder et al. "Observation of the focusing of x‐ray transition radiation using cylindrical optics." Applied physics letters 61, no. 9 (1992): 1019-1021. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-abstract/61/9/1019/61428 Pincus, C. I., M. A. Piestrup, D. G. Boyers, Qiang Li, J. L. Harris, X. K. Maruyama, D. M. Skopik, R. M. Silzer, H. S. Caplan, and G. B. Rothbart. "Measurements of x‐ray emission from photoabsorption‐edge transition radiation." Journal of applied physics 72, no. 9 (1992): 4300-4307. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article-abstract/72/9/4300/178175

1991

Gary, C. K., R. H. Pantell, M. Özcan, M. A. Piestrup, and D. G. Boyers. "Optimization of the channeling radiation source crystal to produce intense quasimonochromatic X rays." Journal of applied physics 70, no. 6 (1991): 2995-3002. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article-abstract/70/6/2995/177201 Piestrup, M. A., D. G. Boyers, C. I. Pincus, J. L. Harris, H. S. Caplan, R. M. Silzer, and D. M. Skopik. "Beryllium foil transition‐radiation source for x‐ray lithography." Applied physics letters 59, no. 2 (1991): 189-191. https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-abstract/59/2/189/59121 Reid, Max B., and Melvin A. Piestrup. "Resonance transition radiation X-ray lasers." IEEE journal of quantum electronics 27, no. 11 (1991): 2440-2455. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/100883/ Piestrup, Melvin A., D. G. Boyers, Cary I. Pincus, Qiang Li, J. L. Harris, J. C. Bergstrom, H. S. Caplan et al. "High-power x-ray generation using transition radiation." Short-Wavelength Radiation Sources, vol. 1552, pp. 214-239. SPIE, 1991. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/1552/0000/High-power-x-ray-generation-using-transition-radiation/10.1117/12.50607.short Rule, Donald W., Ralph B. Fiorito, Melvin A. Piestrup, Charles K. Gary, and Xavier K. Maruyama. "Production of x-rays by the interaction of charged particle beams with periodic structures and crystalline materials." Short-Wavelength Radiation Sources, vol. 1552, pp. 240-251. SPIE, 1991. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/1552/0000/Production-of-x-rays-by-the-interaction-of-charged-particle/10.1117/12.50608.short https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/244672

1990

Gary, C. K., A. S. Fisher, R. H. Pantell, J. Harris, and M. A. Piestrup. "Channeling of electrons in Si produces intense quasimonochromatic, tunable, picosecond x-ray bursts." Physical Review B 42, no. 1 (1990): 7. https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.42.7 Piestrup, Melvin A., David G. Boyers, Cary I. Pincus, and Pierre Maccagno. Focused X-ray source. No. US 4951304; Adelphi Technology Inc, 1990. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7270509

1988

Piestrup, Melvin, A "An x-ray free-electron laser loaded with a periodic dielectric." IEEE journal of quantum electronics 24, no. 4 (1988): 591-597. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/167/ M.A. Miestrup The construction of a soft x-ray source using transition radiation for lithography: Progress report, April 1, 1988--June 30, 1988 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/719263

1987

Piestrup, Melvin A., Michael J. Moran, Barry L. Berman, Piero Pianetta, and Daniel Seligson. "Transition radiation as an x-ray source for lithography." Electron-Beam, X-Ray, and Ion-Beam Lithographies VI, vol. 773, pp. 37-44. SPIE, 1987. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/0773/0000/Transition-Radiation-As-An-X-Ray-Source-For-Lithography/10.1117/12.940351.short

1986

Energy, Renewable. "ENERGY MATERIALS COORDINATING COMMITTEE (EMaCC)." (1986). https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5821579

>1983

Piestrup, M., and P. Finman. "The prospects of an X-ray free electron laser using stimulated resonance transition radiation." IEEE Journal of Quantum electronics 19, no. 3 (1983): 357-364. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1071852/ Piestrup, M., P. Finman, A. Chu, T. Barbee, R. Pantell, R. Gearhart, and F. Buskirk. "Transition radiation as an X-ray source." IEEE journal of quantum electronics 19, no. 12 (1983): 1771-1780. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1071820/ Edighoffer, J., W. Kimura, R. Pantell, M. Piestrup, and D. Wang. "Free-electron interactions with light using the inverse Cerenkov effect." IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 17, no. 8 (1981): 1507-1514. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1071281/ Wang, D., A. Fauchet, M. Piestrup, and R. Pantell. "Gain and efficiency of a stimulated Cherenkov optical klystron." IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 19, no. 3 (1983): 389-391. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1071853/

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2015

Atanackovic, Jovica, Andre Yonkeu, Jacques Dubeau, Sampath Hakmana Witharana, and Nicholas Priest. "Characterization of neutron fields from bare and heavy water moderated 252Cf spontaneous fission source using Bonner sphere spectrometer." Applied Radiation and Isotopes 99 (2015): 122-132.

2014

<< Actually, this was an R&D project not a generator>> Wahl, C. G., E. P. Bernard, W. H. Lippincott, J. A. Nikkel, Y. Shin, and D. N. McKinsey. "Pulse-shape discrimination and energy resolution of a liquid-argon scintillator with xenon doping, 2014." arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.0525 9: P06013. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.0525 Authors: Decker, Andrew W Publication type: Thesis, Masters Title: Verification and Validation of Monte Carlo n-Particle Code 6 (MCNP6) with Neutron Protection Factor Measurements of an Iron Box Date: 27th March 2014 Publication: AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT https://scholar.afit.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1643&context=etd Sharma, Manish K., Ayodeji B. Alajo, and Xin Liu. "MCNP modeling of a neutron generator and its shielding at Missouri University of Science and Technology." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 767 (2014): 126-134. Liu, Yingzi, Patrick Byrne, Haoyu Wang, David Koltick, Wei Zheng, and Linda H. Nie. "A compact DD neutron generator–based NAA system to quantify manganese (Mn) in bone in vivo." Physiological measurement 35, no. 9 (2014): 1899. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4388434/pdf/nihms625428.pdf

2013

Liu, Yingzi, David Koltick, Patrick Byrne, Haoyu Wang, Wei Zheng, and Linda H. Nie. "Development of a transportable neutron activation analysis system to quantify manganese in bone in vivo: feasibility and methodology." Physiological measurement 34, no. 12 (2013): 1593. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4154064/pdf/nihms620461.pdf

2012

Wahl, Christopher G., Ethan P. Bernard, Daniel N. McKinsey, James Nikkel, and Tsahi Gozani. "Energy resolution and gamma/neutron discrimination in xenon-doped liquid argon." In 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference Record (NSS/MIC), pp. 339-342. IEEE, 2012.

2010

Popov, V., P. Degtiarenko, and I. Musatov. "New detector for use in fast neutron radiography." Journal of Instrumentation 6, no. 01 (2011): C01029. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vladimir-Popov-14/publication/231018450_New_detector_for_use_in_fast_neutron_radiography/links/5783b5a608aeca7daac3d3e4/New-detector-for-use-in-fast-neutron-radiography.pdf Matthew, Christopher P. "Design studies for stand off bomb detection." PhD diss., Kansas State University, 2010. https://krex.k-state.edu/bitstream/handle/2097/3752/ChristopherMatthew2010.pdf?sequence=1

2009

Johll, Mark. "MCNP simulations for standoff bomb detection using neutron interrogation." PhD diss., Kansas State University, 2009. https://krex.k-state.edu/bitstream/handle/2097/2166/MarkJohll2009.pdf;sequence=3