Plasma wake field XUV radiation source
Abstract
A XUV radiation source uses an interaction of electron beam pulses with a gas to create a plasma radiator. A flowing gas system (10) defines a circulation loop (12) with a device (14), such as a high pressure pump or the like, for circulating the gas. A nozzle or jet (16) produces a sonic atmospheric pressure flow and increases the density of the gas for interacting with an electron beam. An electron beam is formed by a conventional radio frequency (rf) accelerator (26) and electron pulses are conventionally formed by a beam buncher (28). The rf energy is thus converted to electron beam energy, the beam energy is used to create and then thermalize an atmospheric density flowing gas to a fully ionized plasma by interaction of beam pulses with the plasma wake field, and the energetic plasma then loses energy by line radiation at XUV wavelengths Collection and focusing optics (18) are used to collect XUV radiation emitted as line radiation when the high energy density plasma loses energy that was transferred from the electron beam pulses to the plasma.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 870997
- Patent Number(s):
- 5637962
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California Office of Technology Transfer (Alameda, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05G - X-RAY TECHNIQUE
H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05H - PLASMA TECHNIQUE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- plasma; wake; field; xuv; radiation; source; interaction; electron; beam; pulses; gas; create; radiator; flowing; 10; defines; circulation; loop; 12; device; 14; pressure; pump; circulating; nozzle; jet; 16; produces; sonic; atmospheric; flow; increases; density; interacting; formed; conventional; radio; frequency; rf; accelerator; 26; conventionally; buncher; 28; energy; converted; thermalize; ionized; energetic; loses; line; wavelengths; collection; focusing; optics; 18; collect; emitted; transferred; density plasma; energy density; beam pulses; radio frequency; electron beam; radiation source; atmospheric pressure; beam pulse; beam energy; rf energy; radiation emitted; pressure pump; flowing gas; ionized plasma; xuv radiation; circulation loop; electron pulses; beam buncher; energetic plasma; /315/250/372/
Citation Formats
Prono, Daniel S, and Jones, Michael E. Plasma wake field XUV radiation source. United States: N. p., 1997.
Web.
Prono, Daniel S, & Jones, Michael E. Plasma wake field XUV radiation source. United States.
Prono, Daniel S, and Jones, Michael E. Wed .
"Plasma wake field XUV radiation source". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870997.
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abstractNote = {A XUV radiation source uses an interaction of electron beam pulses with a gas to create a plasma radiator. A flowing gas system (10) defines a circulation loop (12) with a device (14), such as a high pressure pump or the like, for circulating the gas. A nozzle or jet (16) produces a sonic atmospheric pressure flow and increases the density of the gas for interacting with an electron beam. An electron beam is formed by a conventional radio frequency (rf) accelerator (26) and electron pulses are conventionally formed by a beam buncher (28). The rf energy is thus converted to electron beam energy, the beam energy is used to create and then thermalize an atmospheric density flowing gas to a fully ionized plasma by interaction of beam pulses with the plasma wake field, and the energetic plasma then loses energy by line radiation at XUV wavelengths Collection and focusing optics (18) are used to collect XUV radiation emitted as line radiation when the high energy density plasma loses energy that was transferred from the electron beam pulses to the plasma.},
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