RSS feeds
РусскийEnglish
Issue 9, 2026
Volume year page
Issues Authors PACS Subscription For authors

Issues

 / 

2026

 / 

September

←  →

On the 70th anniversary of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Instruments and methods of investigation (JINR)


Resonant neutron reflectometry

† 
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 6 Joliot-Curie Str., Dubna, Moscow Region, 141980, Russian Federation

The paper reports principles of a new technique based on neutron scattering—resonant neutron reflectometry. It utilizes the resonant amplification of the neutron wave field in quasi-2D layered systems. The practical implification of this approach significantly increases sensitivity in determining the parameters of structural and magnetic potentials, the position of magnetic layers, as well as the spatial distribution of isotopes in multilayered nanostructures. It can be considered as an effective technique complementary to the standard reflectometry.

Typically, an English full text is available in about 1 month from the date of publication of the original article.

Correspondence should be addressed to
Keywords: neutron scattering, reflectometry, neutron standing waves, resonant enhancement of the neutron wave field, magnetism and superconductivity in low-dimensional structures, isotopic substitution
PACS: 61.05.−a, 61.05.fg (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2026.04.040123
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2026/9/c/
Citation: Aksenov V L "Resonant neutron reflectometry" Phys. Usp. 69 (9) (2026)

Received: 16th, February 2026, 17th, April 2026

Оригинал: Аксёнов В Л «Резонансная нейтронная рефлектометрия» УФН 196 965–987 (2026); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2026.04.040123

References (105) ↓ Similar articles (1)

  1. ’’’?’?’?’?у ’’ ’K, ’’’?фsh’?ts ’M ’a ’F’?’?’?т’?’?’?ya ’?’?kh’?’?’?’?’?: ’?’?р’?’?yaт’?’?’?стс’?’?ya т’?’?р’?ya (’a.: ’s’?’?’?’?т’?’?т, 2002); ’z’?р. ’?’? ’?’?’?’?. ya’?., Landau L D, Lifshitz E M Quantum Mechanics. Non-Relativistic Theory (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1991)
  2. ’a’?сс’?’? ’B ’F’?’?’?т’?’?’?ya ’?’?kh’?’?’?’?’? Т. 1, 2 (’a.: ’v’?у’?’?, 1978, 1979); ’z’?р. с фр. ya’?., Messiah A Mécanique Quantique Vol. 1, 2 (Paris: Dunod, 1959); ’z’?р. ’?’? ’?’?’?’?. ya’?., Messiah A Quantum Mechanics Vol. 1, 2 (Amsterdam: North-Holland Publ. Co., 1961, 1962)
  3. Wang J et al Science 258 775 (1992)
  4. Feng Y P et al Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 537 (1993)
  5. Feng Y P et al Phys. Rev. B 49 10814 (1994)
  6. Zhang H et al Phys. Rev. Lett. 72 3044 (1994)
  7. Aksenov V L et al JINR Commun. E3-98-383 (Dubna: JINR, 1998); Aksenov V L et al Physica B 276-278 946 (2000)
  8. Zh’?’?’?т’?’? ’E ’K ’? ’?р ’z’?’?’?рkh’?’?сть. ’i’?’?т’?’?’?’?’?с’?’?’?, с’?’?khр’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?’?’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?сс’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?ya (6) 20 (2019); Zhaketov V D et al J. Surf. Investig. X-Ray Synchrotron Neutron Tech. 13 478 (2019)
  9. Aksenov V L et al Physica B 276-278 809 (2000)
  10. Zh’?’?’?т’?’? ’E ’K ’? ’?р ’z’?’?’?рkh’?’?сть. ’i’?’?т’?’?’?’?’?с’?’?’?, с’?’?khр’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?’?’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?сс’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?ya (6) 10 (2021); Zhaketov V D et al J. Surf. Investig. X-Ray Synchrotron Neutron Tech. 15 549 (2021)
  11. Aksenov V L, Nikitenko Yu V Physica B 267-268 313 (1999)
  12. ’B’?с’?’?’?’? ’E ’’ ’? ’?р ’z’?’?’?рkh’?’?сть. ’i’?’?т’?’?’?’?’?с’?’?’?, с’?’?khр’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?’?’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?сс’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?ya (8) 10 (2000)
  13. ’B’?с’?’?’?’? ’E ’’, ’R’?’?’?т’?’?’?ch ’E ’F, ’v’?’?’?т’?’?’?’? Yu ’E Kristallogr. 51 785 (2006); Aksenov V L, Ignatovich V K, Nikitenko Yu V Crystallogr. Rep. 51 734 (2006)
  14. ’v’?’?’?т’?’?’?’? Yu ’E ’? ’?р Kristallogr. 60 518 (2015); Nikitenko Yu V et al Crystallogr. Rep. 60 466 (2015)
  15. ’B’?с’?’?’?’? ’E ’’, Zh’?’?’?т’?’? ’E ’K, ’v’?’?’?т’?’?’?’? Yu ’E Fiz. Elem. Chast. At. Yad. 54 898 (2023); Aksenov V L, Zhaketov V D, Nikitenko Yu V Phys. Part. Nucl. 54 756 (2023)
  16. Fermi E, Zinn W Phys. Rev. 70 103 (1946)
  17. Fermi E, Marshall L Phys. Rev. 71 666 (1947)
  18. ’B’?с’?’?’?’? ’E ’’ Usp. Fiz. Nauk 179 434 (2009); Aksenov V L Phys. Usp. 52 406 (2009)
  19. Felcher G P et al Phys. Rev. Lett. 52 1539 (1984)
  20. ’I’?’?’?’?’?’? ’l ’E ’? ’?р ’z’?сь’?’? Zh’e’n’s 49 277 (1989); Gaponov S V et al JETP Lett. 49 316 (1989)
  21. Korneev D A et al Surface X-Ray And Neutron Scattering. Proc. Of The 2nd Intern. Conf., Physik Zentrum, Bad Honnef, Fed. Rep. Of Germany, June 25-28, 1991 (Springer Proc. In Physics) Vol. 61 (Eds H Zabel, I K Robinson) (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1992) p. 213
  22. ’B’?с’?’?’?’? ’E ’’, ’G’?’?’?’?ур’?’? ’B ’a ’dс’?’?’?ы ’?’?’?тр’?’?’?’?р’?ф’?’? 2-’? ’?’?’?. (’a.: ’s’?’?’?’?т’?’?т, 2025)
  23. Felcher G P et al Rev. Sci. Instrum. 58 609 (1987)
  24. Majkrzak C F Physica B 173 75 (1991)
  25. Felcher G P Physica B 192 137 (1993)
  26. ’B’?с’?’?’?’? ’E ’’ ’zр’?р’?’?’? (9) 50 (2008)
  27. ’v’?’?’?т’?’?’?’? Yu ’E, ’lыр’?’?yaт’?’?’?’?’? ’E ’I ’i’?ф’?’?’?т’?’?’?тр’?ya ’?’?’?yaр’?’?’?’?’?’?’?ыkh ’?’?’?тр’?’?’?’? (’a.: ’s’?’?’?’?т’?’?т, 2013)
  28. Toperverg B P, Zabel H "Neutron scattering in nanomagnetism" Experimental Methods In The Physical Sciences Vol. 48 (Eds F Fernandez-Alonso, D L Price) (New York: Academic Press, 2015) p. 339
  29. Gorkov D, Toperverg B P, Zabel H Nanomaterials 10 851 (2020)
  30. ’l’?р’?yu’? ’R, ’O’?’?’?’?’? ’v, ’O’?’?’?’?’? ’Kzh ’a’?т’?’?ы ’? ’?’?’?’?’?у’?yaр’?’?’? ’?’?’?ф’?’?’?’?’?: стру’?тур’?, фу’?’?ts’?ya, ’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’? Т. 1, 2 (’a.: ’F’K’p, 2009, 2010), ’pch’?’?’?’?’? ’?’?с’?’?’?’?
  31. Imae T et al (Eds) Neutrons In Soft Matter (Hoboken, NJ: John Willey and Sons, 2011)
  32. Lauter V et al "Reflectivity, off-specular scattering, and GISANS neutrons" Reference Module In Materials Science And Materials Engineering (Ed. S Hashmi) (Oxford: Elsevier, 2016) p. 1-27
  33. Rennie A R (2020) http://www.reflectometry.net
  34. Lauter V et al Rev. Sci. Instrum. 93 103903 (2022)
  35. ’G’?’?’?’?рchу’? ’E ’R ’? ’?р Kristallogr. 67 57 (2022); Bodnarchuk V I et al Crystallogr. Rep. 67 50 (2022)
  36. ’F’?р’?’?’?’? ’K ’B ’? ’?р ’zр’?’?р’?’?т ’i4-2002-181 (’Kу’?’?’?: ’d’RYa’R, 2002)
  37. Aksenov V L et al JINR Commun. D13-2004-47 (Dubna: JINR, 2004)
  38. ’B’?’?’?’?’? ’a ’E ’? ’?р Kristallogr. 62 1014 (2017); Avdeev M V et al Crystallogr. Rep. 62 1002 (2017)
  39. Sears V F Neutron Optics. An Introduction To The Theory Of Neutron Optical Phenomena And Their Applications (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1989)
  40. ’R’?’?’?т’?’?’?ch ’E ’F ’v’?’?тр’?’?’?’?ya ’?’?т’?’?’? (’a.: ’s’?’?’?’?т’?’?т, 2006)
  41. Majkrzak C F et al J. Appl. Phys. 110 102212 (2011)
  42. Majkrzak C F et al Phys. Rev. A 89 033851 (2014)
  43. Berk N F Phys. Rev. A 89 033852 (2014)
  44. Zabel H, Theis-Bröhl K, Toperverg B P Handbook Of Magnetism And Advanced Magnetic Materials Vol. 3 (Eds H Kronmüller, S Parkin) (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2007) p. 1237
  45. Majkrzak C F, Berk N F Phys. Rev. B 52 10827 (1995)
  46. Majkarzak C F, Berk N F Phys. Rev. B 58 15416 (1998)
  47. Kirby B J et al Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 17 44 (2012)
  48. ’v’?’?’?’?’? ’M ’l ’? ’?р Fiz. Met. Metalloved. 120 913 (2019); Nikova E S et al Phys. Met. Metallogr. 120 838 (2019)
  49. ’v’?’?’?’?’? ’M ’l ’? ’?р ’z’?’?’?рkh’?’?сть. ’i’?’?т’?’?’?’?’?с’?’?’?, с’?’?khр’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?’?’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?сс’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?ya (9) 9 (2021); Nikova E S et al J. Surf. Investig. X-Ray Synchrotron Neutron Tech. 15 899 (2021)
  50. ’Bkh’?’?’?’?’? ’l ’B, ’v’?’?’?т’?’? ’l Yu ’s’?’?’?ch’?с’?’?ya ’?’?т’?’?’? 2-’? ’?’?’?. (’a.: ’R’?’?-’?’? ’a’?с’?’?’?с’?’?’?’? у’?-т’?, 2004)
  51. Korneev D A et al Physica B 276-278 973 (2000)
  52. Toperverg B P Phys. Met. Metallogr. 116 1337 (2015)
  53. ’vьyuт’?’? ’i ’n’?’?р’?ya р’?сс’?ya’?’?ya ’?’?’?’? ’? ch’?ст’?ts (’a.: ’a’?р, 1969); ’z’?р. с ’?’?’?’?. ya’?., ’z’?р. с ’?’?’?’?.: Newton N G Scatteting Theory Of Waves And Particles (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966)
  54. Parratt L G Phys. Rev. 95 359 (1954)
  55. ’R’?’?’?т’?’?’?ch ’E ’F Usp. Fiz. Nauk 150 145 (1986); Ignatovich V K Sov. Phys. Usp. 29 880 (1986)
  56. Ignatovich V K Am. J. Phys. 57 873 (1989)
  57. Toperverg B P Matter And Materials Vol. 12 (Eds T Brückel, W Schweika) ( (Jülich: Forschungszentrum-Jülich, 2002) p. 249
  58. ’G’?р’? ’a, ’E’?’?ьф ’e ’dс’?’?’?ы ’?’?т’?’?’? (’a.: ’v’?у’?’?, 1973); ’z’?р. с ’?’?’?’?. ya’?., Born M, Wolf E Principles Of Optics (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1968)
  59. Blundell S J, Bland J A C Phys. Rev. B 46 3391 (1992)
  60. Radu F, Ignatovich V K Physica B 267-268 175 (1999)
  61. Rühm A, Toperverg B P, Dosch H Phys. Rev. B 60 16073 (1999)
  62. Radu F, Ignatovich V K Physica B 292 160 (2000)
  63. ’R’?’?’?т’?’?’?ch ’E ’F Teor. Mat. Fiz. 88 477 (1991); Ignatovich V K Theor. Math. Phys. 88 1010 (1991)
  64. ’l’?’?’?’?’?т’?’? Yu ’B, ’Fр’?’?ts’?’? ’M ’B ’z’?’?’?рkh’?’?сть. ’i’?’?т’?’?’?’?’?с’?’?’?, с’?’?khр’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?’?’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?сс’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?ya (5) 3 (2021); Salamatov Yu A, Kravtsov E A J. Surf. Investig. X-Ray Synchrotron Neutron Tech. 15 415 (2021)
  65. ’R’?’?’?т’?’?’?ch ’E ’F ’zр’?’?р’?’?т ’i4-10778 (’Kу’?’?’?: ’d’RYa’R, 1977)
  66. ’R’?’?’?т’?’?’?ch ’E ’F ’s’?’?’?’?’? у’?ьтр’?kh’?’?’?’?’?ыkh ’?’?’?тр’?’?’?’? (’a.: ’v’?у’?’?, 1986); ’z’?р. ’?’? ’?’?’?’?. ya’?., Ignatovich V K The Physics Of Ultracold Neutrons (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990)
  67. Ignatovich V K, Ignatovich F V, Andersen D R Part. Nucl. Lett. (3) 48 (2000)
  68. ’Bkh’?’?’?’?р ’B, ’z’?’?’?р’?’?chу’? ’R Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 18 475 (1948)
  69. ’d’?’?р’?’?’?’? ’B ’R ’zр’?’?р’?’?т № 2989 (’I’?тch’?’?’?: ’z’RYa’s ’v’RTs ’F’R, 2016)
  70. Williams W G Polarized Neutrons (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988)
  71. ’R’?’?’?т’?’?’?ch ’E ’F ’z’?сь’?’? Zh’e’n’s 28 311 (1978); Ignatovich V K JETP Lett. 28 286 (1978)
  72. Felcher G P et al Nature 377 409 (1995)
  73. Korneev D A, Bodnarchuk V I, Ignatovich V K ’z’?сь’?’? Zh’e’n’s 63 900 (1996); Korneev D A, Bodnarchuk V I, Ignatovich V K JETP Lett. 63 944 (1996)
  74. Aksenov V L et al Physica B 234-236 513 (1997)
  75. Aksenov V L, Kozhevnikov S V, Nikitenko Yu V Physica B 276-278 956 (2000)
  76. ’F’?zh’?’?’?’?’?’?’? ’l ’E, ’R’?’?’?т’?’?’?ch ’E ’F, ’i’?’?у ’s ’z’?’?’?рkh’?’?сть. ’i’?’?т’?’?’?’?’?с’?’?’?, с’?’?khр’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?’?’?тр’?’?’?ы’? ’?сс’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?ya (2) 12 (2018); Kozhevnikov S V, Ignatovich V K, Radu F J. Surf. Investig. X-Ray Synchrotron Neutron Tech. 12 103 (2018)
  77. ’F’?zh’?’?’?’?’?’?’? ’l ’E, ’dтт ’s, ’i’?’?у ’s Fiz. Elem. Chast. At. Yad. 49 582 (2018); Kozhevnikov S V, Ott F, Radu F Phys. Part. Nucl. 49 308 (2018)
  78. Buzdin A I Rev. Mod. Phys. 77 935 (2005)
  79. Krivoruchko V N, Koshina E A Phys. Rev. B 66 014521 (2002)
  80. Bergeret F S, Volkov A F, Efetov K B Phys. Rev. B 69 174504 (2004)
  81. Anderson P W, Suhl H Phys. Rev. 116 898 (1959)
  82. ’Gу’?’?’?’? ’B ’R, ’Gу’?’?’?’?с’?’?’? ’’ ’v Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 94 256 (1988); Buzdin A I, Bulaevskii L N Sov. Phys. JETP 67 576 (1988)
  83. Bergeret F S, Efetov K B, Larkin A I Phys. Rev. B 62 11872 (2000)
  84. Mühge Th et al Physica C 296 325 (1998)
  85. Garifullin I A et al Appl. Magn. Reson. 22 439 (2002)
  86. Mironov S, Mel’nikov A S, Buzdin A Appl. Phys. Lett. 113 022601 (2018)
  87. Aksenov V L et al Physica B 356 9 (2005)
  88. Hopper J et al Nature Mater. 8 243 (2009)
  89. Aksenov V L, Khaidukov Y N, Nikitenko Y V J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 211 012022 (2010)
  90. Khaydukov Yu N et al J. Supercond. Novel Magn. 24 961 (2011)
  91. Khaidukov Yu N et al ’z’?сь’?’? Zh’e’n’s 98 116 (2013); Khaidukov Yu N et al JETP Lett. 98 107 (2013)
  92. ’v’?’?’?т’?’?’?’? Yu ’E, Zh’?’?’?т’?’? ’E ’E Fiz. Elem. Chast. At. Yad. 53 1339 (2022); Nikitenko Yu V, Zhaketov V V Phys. Part. Nucl. 53 1089 (2022)
  93. Zh’?’?’?т’?’? ’E ’E ’? ’?р Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 152 565 (2017); Zhaketov V V et al J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 125 480 (2017)
  94. Klimko S et al Sci. Instrum. 81 103303 (2010)
  95. Zhernenkov K et al Phys. Rev. B 88 020401 (2013)
  96. Guasco L et al Nature Commun. 13 1486 (2022)
  97. Kh’?’?’?у’?’?’? Yu ’v ’? ’?р ’z’?сь’?’? ’eCh’BYa 21 1016 (2024); Khaydukov Yu N et al Phys. Part. Nucl. Lett. 21 1065 (2024)
  98. Rheinstä;dter M C et al Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 108107 (2004)
  99. Korneev D A et al Physica B 276-278 314 (2000)
  100. ’G’?’?’?’?рchу’? ’E ’R, Yaр’?’?’?’?’?’?’? ’l ’z Kristallogr. 52 573 (2007); Bodnarchuk V I, Yaradaykin C P Crystallogr. Rep. 52 550 (2007)
  101. Aksenov V L et al Natural Sci. Rev. (2026), in press; Aksenov V L et al ’zр’?’?р’?’?т ’i3-2026-2 (’Kу’?’?’?: ’d’RYa’R, 2026)
  102. ’G’?’?’?’?рchу’? ’R ’B, ’G’?’?’?’?рchу’? ’E ’R, Yaр’?’?’?’?’?’?’? ’l ’z Fiz. Tverd. Tela 56 138 (2014); Bodnarchuk I A, Bodnarchuk V I, Yaradaikin S P Phys. Solid State 56 138 (2014)
  103. Goos F, Hänchen H Ann. Physik 436 333 (1947)
  104. ’Gуshу’?’? ’E ’B, ’sр’?’?’? ’B ’R Usp. Fiz. Nauk 188 1049 (2018); Bushuev V A, Frank A I Phys. Usp. 61 952 (2018)
  105. ’B’?’?’?с’?’?’?р’?’? Yu ’B ’sу’?’?’?’?’?’?т’?’?ь’?ы’? с’?’?’?ст’?’? ’?’?’?тр’?’?’? (’a.: ’e’?’?р’?’?’?т’?’?’?’?’?’?т, 1992)
© 1918–2026 Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk
Email: ufn@ufn.ru Editorial office contacts About the journal Terms and conditions