Trevor Hicks and solid state neutron optics.

ABSTRACT

Following an idea of Trevor Hicks we built neutron polarizing benders with silicon wafers forming the bender channels. In the last decade a variety of neutron optical devices based on this idea were realized such as collimators with absorbing as well as reflecting walls, radial benders and collimators and focusing devices which are all much shorter than their classical counterparts. Their development will be reviewed here.