Fig. 1. Comparison of cross sections of different nuclear reaction channels that produce neutrons^[37-39]

Fig. 2. Experimental results of neutron sources under different laser power densities

Fig. 3. High yield neutron source employing D₂O ice target^[63]. (a) Schematic of plan; (b) image of improved ion signal after spraying D₂O

Fig. 4. High yield neutron source generation based on CSA mechanism^[67]. (a) Experimental diagram; (b) neutron angular distribution with/without nanosecond ablation laser

Fig. 5. Angular distribution of neutron yield from 7Li(d,xn) reaction when deuteron ion energy of 15‒17 MeV^[46,69]

Fig. 6. Laser-driven directional neutron source experiment on SILEX-II device. (a) Experimental diagram; (b) angular distribution result

Fig. 7. Energy spectrum measurement of beam-target neutron source driven by laser^[75]. (a) Flight time spectrum; (b) resolved energy spectrum

Fig. 8. Experimental result of laser-driven neutron source size measurement with knife-edge method^[19]. (a) Raw image; (b) intensity curve and fitting result

Fig. 9. Radiography of thick objects with laser-driven fast neutron source at Trident^[86]

Fig. 10. Prompt γ spectrum of laser driven FNAA^[89]

Fig. 11. Comparison of neutron absorption spectra at different energies^[50]