Single-exposure elemental differentiation and texture-sensitive phase-retrieval imaging with a neutron counting micro-channel plate detector

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Main Authors: Arhatari, Benedicta D., Paganin, David M., Kirkwood, Henry, Tremsin, Anton S., Gureyev, Timur E., Korsunsky, Alexander M., Kockelmann, Winfried, Hofmann, Felix, Huwald, Eric, Zhang, Shu-Yan, Kelleher, Joe, Abbey, Brian
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author Arhatari, Benedicta D.
Paganin, David M.
Kirkwood, Henry
Tremsin, Anton S.
Gureyev, Timur E.
Korsunsky, Alexander M.
Kockelmann, Winfried
Hofmann, Felix
Huwald, Eric
Zhang, Shu-Yan
Kelleher, Joe
Abbey, Brian
author_facet Arhatari, Benedicta D.
Paganin, David M.
Kirkwood, Henry
Tremsin, Anton S.
Gureyev, Timur E.
Korsunsky, Alexander M.
Kockelmann, Winfried
Hofmann, Felix
Huwald, Eric
Zhang, Shu-Yan
Kelleher, Joe
Abbey, Brian
contents Micro-channel plate (MCP) detectors, when used at pulsed-neutron-source instruments, offer the possibility of high spatial resolution and high contrast imaging with pixel-level spectroscopic information. Here we demonstrate the possibility of multimodal analysis including total neutron cross-section spectra measurements, quantitative material differentiation imaging and texture-sensitive in-line phase imaging, from a single exposure using an MCP detector. This multimodal approach operates in full-field imaging mode, with the neutron transmission spectra acquired at each individual detector pixel. Due to the polychromatic nature of the beam and spectroscopic resolving capability of the detector, no energy scanning is required. Good agreement with the library reference data is demonstrated for neutron cross-section spectra measurements. Two different images corresponding to two selected energy bandwidths are used for elemental differentiation imaging. Moreover, the presence of changes in texture, i.e., preferred grain orientation, in the sample is identified from our phase-retrieval imaging results.
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spellingShingle Single-exposure elemental differentiation and texture-sensitive phase-retrieval imaging with a neutron counting micro-channel plate detector
Arhatari, Benedicta D.
Paganin, David M.
Kirkwood, Henry
Tremsin, Anton S.
Gureyev, Timur E.
Korsunsky, Alexander M.
Kockelmann, Winfried
Hofmann, Felix
Huwald, Eric
Zhang, Shu-Yan
Kelleher, Joe
Abbey, Brian
Materials Science
Image and Video Processing
Optics
Micro-channel plate (MCP) detectors, when used at pulsed-neutron-source instruments, offer the possibility of high spatial resolution and high contrast imaging with pixel-level spectroscopic information. Here we demonstrate the possibility of multimodal analysis including total neutron cross-section spectra measurements, quantitative material differentiation imaging and texture-sensitive in-line phase imaging, from a single exposure using an MCP detector. This multimodal approach operates in full-field imaging mode, with the neutron transmission spectra acquired at each individual detector pixel. Due to the polychromatic nature of the beam and spectroscopic resolving capability of the detector, no energy scanning is required. Good agreement with the library reference data is demonstrated for neutron cross-section spectra measurements. Two different images corresponding to two selected energy bandwidths are used for elemental differentiation imaging. Moreover, the presence of changes in texture, i.e., preferred grain orientation, in the sample is identified from our phase-retrieval imaging results.
title Single-exposure elemental differentiation and texture-sensitive phase-retrieval imaging with a neutron counting micro-channel plate detector
topic Materials Science
Image and Video Processing
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16159