IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
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Special Section on Superconducting Signal Processing Technologies
Proposal of a Compact Neutron Diffraction System with a Single-Flux-Quantum Signal Processor
Akira FUJIMAKIIsao NAKANISHIShigeyuki MIYAJIMAKohei ARAIYukio AKITATakekazu ISHIDA
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2011 Volume E94.C Issue 3 Pages 254-259

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We propose a neutron diffractometer system based on MgB2 thin film detectors and an SFQ signal processor. Small dimensions of MgB2 thin film detectors and high processing capability of the single flux quantum (SFQ) circuits enable us to handle several thousand or more detectors in a cryocooler, leading to a very compact system. In addition, the system can provide many diffraction patterns for different kinetic energies simultaneously. Kinetic energy is determined for individual neutrons by means of the time-of-flight method by using SFQ time-to-digital converters (TDCs). Digital outputs of the TDCs are multiplexed in time domain and sent to room-temperature electronics with reduced number of cables. A dual-input SFQ signal processor including TDCs and a multiplexer has been successfully demonstrated with a time resolution of 20ns and power consumption of 400μW. These values show high feasibility of the neutron diffraction system proposed here.

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