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The Facility

Instrument Parameters

Interferometer:
Single crystal silicon

Monochromator:
Pyrolytic graphite

Neutron Energy:
4 meV to 20 meV

Fringe Visibility (Contrast):
> 70%

Phase Stability:
< 5 · 10-3 rad/day

Vibration Isolation:
< 1 · 10-7 g

Position Stability:
2 µm in translation
1 µrad in rotation

Temperature Stability:
0.1 °C/day
Neutron Interferometer and Optics Facility   Neutron Interactions and Dosimetry Group   |   Ionizing Radiation Division
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Online: September 1995   -   Last update: May 1996