Output Characteristics of Narrow No-Gain Competition Linewidth Dual-Wavelength Laser at 912 nm and 1064 nm

The output characteristics of a narrow linewidth, no-gain competition, dual-wavelength solid-state laser using an intra-cavity pumped method are reported. This system consists of an intra-cavity pumped Nd:YVO4 laser emitting at 1064 nm, using a 912 nm Nd:GdVO4 laser. A Fabry-Perot etalon is used to compress the linewidth that located at the common cavity of 912 nm and 1064 nm laser. Theoretical analysis and experimental verification were carried out. When the pump power is 32.8 W, the output of 912 nm and 1064 nm theoretical value is 0.036 W and 0.046 W, and the experimental value is 0.017 W and 0.016 W, respectively. The change trend of the theoretical simulated output power value was the same as the actual measured value in the experiment. In addition to this, the experimental measurement shows when the etalon with an angle of 15?, corresponding minimum linewidths were 0.284 nm and 0.627 nm, respectively.

Neutron capture cross section of ^(169)Tm measured at the CSNS Back-n facility in the energy region from 30 to 300 keV

The capture cross sections of the ^(169)Tm(n,γ)reaction were measured at the back streaming white neutron beam line(Back-n)of the China Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS)using four C_(6)D_(6) liquid scintillation detectors.The background subtraction,normalization,and correction were carefully considered in the data analysis to obtain accurate cross sections.For the resonance at 3.9 eV,the R-matrix code SAMMY was used to determine the resonance parameters with the internal normalization method.The average capture cross sections of ^(169)Tm for energy between 30 and 300 keV were extracted relative to the ^(197)Au(n,γ)reaction.The measured cross sections of the ^(169)Tm(n,γ)reaction were reported in logarithmically equidistant energy bins with 20 bins per energy decade with a total uncertainty of 5.4%-7.0% in this study and described in terms of average resonance parameters using a Hauser-Feshbach calculation with fluctuations.The point-wise cross sections and the average resonance parameters showed fair agreement with the evaluated values of the ENDF/B-Ⅷ.0 library in the energy region studied.

Measurement of the differential cross sections and angle-integrated cross sections of the ~6Li(n,t)~4 He reaction from 1.0 eV to 3.0 MeV at the CSNS Back-n white neutron source

The^6 Li(n,t)~4 He reaction was measured as the first experiment involving neutron-induced charged particle emission reactions at the CSNS(China Spallation Neutron Source)Back-n white neutron source.The differential cross-sections of the^6 Li(n,t)~4 He reaction at 15 detection angles ranging from 19.2°to 160.8°are obtained from 1.0 eV to 3.0 MeV at 80 neutron energy points;for 50 energy points below 0.1 MeV they are reported for the first time.The results indicate that the anisotropy of the emitted tritium is noticeable above E_n=100 eV.The angle-integrated cross-sections are also obtained.The present differential cross-sections agree in general with the previous evaluations,but there are some differences in the details.More importantly,the present results indicate that the cross-sections of the^6 Li(n,t)~4 He reaction might be overestimated by most evaluations in the 0.5-3.0 MeV region,although they are recommended as standards below 1.0 MeV.

Design of the magnets for the HEPS injector

Purpose The high energy photon source(HEPS)is a diffraction-limited storage ring light source being built in Beijing,China.The HEPS accelerators consist of the storage ring and its injector which includes the linac,booster and beam transport lines.The magnet system is one of the most important systems for the accelerators.In this paper,the field design,mechanical design and some special issues of the main magnets for the injector are presented.Methods The magnets for the linac and transport lines work at DC mode,whereas the magnets for the booster work at dynamic mode.So the module of OPERA/TOSCA is used to design the DC magnetic field and the module of OPERA/ELLEKTRA is used to design the dynamic magnetic field.The CAD programs are used to design the mechanical structures of the magnets.Results The magnetic field simulation results of all the magnets for the injector can meet the physical requirements,the mechanical designs of all magnets are reasonable,and engineering drawings of the magnets for production are finished.Conclusions Both the magnetic field design and mechanical design of all magnets are satisfied with the physical requirements of the HEPS injector;the production of all magnets has been started up.

1514 nm eye-safe passively Q-switched self-optical parametric oscillator based on Nd3+-doped MgO:PPLN

We examined a 1514 nm eye-safe passively Q-switched self-optical parametric oscillator. The nonlinear crystal is an a-cut Nd:MgO:PPLN crystal, and the size of the crystal was 6 mm × 2 mm × 30 mm with 0.4 at.%Nd^3+ doped and a grating period of 29.8 μm. When the crystal absorbed 12.8 W, the output maximum singlepulse energy reached 39 μJ, and a pulse width of 6.1 ns at a repetition rate of 5.4 kHz was obtained.The peak power was 6 kW, giving a slope efficiency of 42%.

The C_(6)D_(6)detector system on the Back-n beam line of CSNS

Introduction The neutron capture cross sections are very important in the field of nuclear device design and basic physics research.Hydrogen-free liquid scintillator such as C_(6)D_(6)detectors are widely used in the neutron capture cross-sectional measurements for the low neutron sensitivity and fast time response.The Back-n white neutron source at China Spallation Neutron Source is the first spallation white neutron source in China,and it is suitable for neutron capture cross-sectional measurement.Materials and methods A C_(6)D_(6)detector system was built in the Back-n experimental station.The pulse height weighting technique was used to determine the system’s detection efficiency.The response to gamma rays of the C_(6)D_(6)detector was measured,and the energy resolution function was determined.Monte Carlo simulation with Geant4 code was carried out to get the weighting function of this C_(6)D_(6)detector system.Additionally,the systematic uncertainty of the weighting function was also determined.Conclusion According to the experimental and simulation results,this C_(6)D_(6)detector system can be used to measure neutron capture cross section.

Measurements of differential and angle-integrated cross sections for the 10B（n, α）7Li reaction in the neutron energy range from 1.0 eV to 2.5 MeV

Differential and angle-integrated cross sections for the 10B(n,α)^7 Li,10B(n,α0)^7 Li and 10B(n,α1)^7 Li^*reactions have been measured at CSNS Back-n white neutron source.Two enriched(90%)10B samples 5.0 cm in diameter and^85.0μg/cm^2 in thickness each with an aluminum backing were prepared,and back-to-back mounted at the sample holder.The charged particles were detected using the silicon-detector array of the Light-charged Particle Detector Array(LPDA)system.The neutron energy En was determined by TOF(time-of-flight)method,and the valid a events were extracted from the En-Amplitude two-dimensional spectrum.With 15 silicon detectors,the differential cross sections of a-particles were measured from 19.2°to 160.8°.Fitted with the Legendre polynomial series,the(n,a)cross sections were obtained through integration.The absolute cross sections were normalized using the standard cross sections of the 10B(n,α)^7 Li reaction in the 0.3-0.5 MeV neutron energy region.The measurement neutron energy range for the 10B(n,α)^7 Li reaction is 1.0 eV≤En<2.5 Me V(67 energy points),and that for the 10B(n,α0)^7 Li and10B(n,α1)^7 Li^*reactions is 1.0 eV≤En<1.0 MeV(59 energy points).The present results have been analyzed by the resonance reaction mechanism and the level structure of the 11B compound system,and compared with existing measurements and evaluations.

Initial years'neutron-induced cross-section measurements at the CSNS Back-n white neutron source

The Back-n white neutron source(known as Back-n)is based on back-streaming neutrons from the spallation target at the China Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS).With its excellent beam properties,e.g.,a neutron flux of approximately 1.8×107 n/cm2/s at 55 m from the spallation target,energy range spanning from 0.5 eV to 200 MeV,and time-of-flight resolution of a few per thousand,along with the equipped physical spectrometers,Back-n is considered to be among the best facilities in the world for carrying out nuclear data measurements.Since its completion and commencement of operation in May 2018,five types of cross-section measurements concerning neutron capture cross-sections,fission cross-sections,total cross-sections,light charged particle emissions,in-beam gamma spectra,and more than forty nuclides have been measured.This article presents an overview of the experimental setup and result analysis on the neutron-induced cross-section measurements and gamma spectroscopy at Back-n in the initial years.

Continuous-waveπ-polarized 1084 nm laser based on Nd:MgO:LiNbO_(3)under 888 nm thermally boosted pumping

A continuous-wave(CW)π-polarized 1084 nm laser based on Nd:MgO:LiNbO_(3)under 888 nm thermally boosted pumping is reported.According to the absorption spectrum and energy level structure of Nd:MgO:LiNbO_(3),the 888 nm laser diode(LD)is used for thermally boosted pumping.This pumping method eliminates the quantum defect caused by the nonradiative transition in Nd:MgO:LiNbO_(3)under the traditional 813 nm pumping and effectively improves the serious thermal effect of the crystal.The unmatched polarized 1093 nm laser is completely suppressed,and theπ-polarized laser output of1084 nm in the whole pump range is realized by the 888 nm thermally boosted pumping.In the present work,we achieved the CWπ-polarized 1084 nm laser with a maximum output power of 7.53 W and a slope efficiency of about 46.1%.

Measurement of differential cross sections of neutron-induced deuteron production reactions on carbon from 25 to 52 MeV

The angle-differential cross sections of neutron-induced deuteron production from carbon were measured at six neutron energies from 25 to 52 MeV relative to those of n-p elastic scattering at the China Spallation Neutron Source(CSNS)Back-n white neutron source.By employing theΔE-E telescopes of the Light-charged Particle Detector Array(LPDA)system at 15.1°to 55.0°in the laboratory system,ratios of the angle-differential cross sections of the ^(12)C(n,xd)reactions to those of the n-p scattering were measured,and then,the angle-differential cross sections of the ^(12)C(n,xd)reactions were obtained using the angle-differential cross sections of the n-p elastic scattering from the JENDL-4.0/HE-2015 library as the standard.The obtained results are compared with data from previous measurements,all of which are based on mono-energic neutrons,the evaluated data from the JENDL-4.0/HE-2015 library and the ENDF-B/VIII.0 library,and those from theoretical calculations based on INCA code and Talys-1.9 code.Being the first white-neutron-source-based systematic measurement of the angle-differential cross sections of neutron-induced deuteron production reactions on carbon in several tens of MeV,the present work can provide a reference to the data library considering the lack of experimental data.