Diamond-like carbon coated ultracold neutron guides

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 253, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 8245-8249

  Heule, S ^a,b   Atchison, F ^a   Daum, M ^a   Foelske, A ^a   Henneck, R ^a   Kasprzak, M ^a,c   Kirch, K ^a   Knecht, A ^a,b   Kuzniak M ^a,d   Lippert, T ^a   Meier, M ^a   Pichlmaier, A ^a   Straumann, U ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^c STEFAN MEYER INSTITUTE FOR SUBATOMIC PHYSICS   (Austria)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Characterization methods; Diamond like carbon; Pulsed laser deposition; sp 3 bonding; Ultracold neutrons

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COATED MATERIALS; NEUTRON BEAMS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

NEUTRON GUIDES; PULSE REPETITION RATE; SP3 BONDING; ULTRACOLD NEUTRONS;

DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS;

EID: 34447344499     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.02.139     Document Type: Article

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