简介:Thispaperdescribesanoverviewofourrecentdiscovery–cleardemonstrationthatLiFcrystalscanbeefficientlyusedasahigh-performanceneutronimagingdetectorbasedonopticallystimulatedluminescenceofcolorcentersgeneratedbyneutronirradiation.Itisshownthattheneutronimageswehaveobtainedarealmostfreefromgranularnoise,haveaspatialresolutionof~5.4μmandalinearresponsewithadynamicrangeofatleast103.ThehighcontrastandgoodsensitivityofLiFcrystalsallowustodistinguishtwoholeswithlessthan2%transmittancedifference.Weproposetousesuchdetectorsinareaswherehighspatialresolutionwithhighimagegradationresolutionisneeded,includingdiagnosticsofdifferentplasmasourcessuchaslaserandz-pinchproducedplasmas.