Isotopic imaging via nuclear resonance fluorescence with laser-based Thomson radiation

• Main Authors: BARTY CHRISTOPHER P. J, PRUET JASON A, HARTEMANN FREDERIC V, MCNABB DENNIS P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.07.2009
• Subjects: DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

The present invention utilizes novel laser-based, high-brightness, high-spatial-resolution, pencil-beam sources of spectrally pure hard x-ray and gamma-ray radiation to induce resonant scattering in specific nuclei, i.e., nuclear resonance fluorescence. By monitoring such fluorescence as a function...