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Title: Miniature modified Faraday cup for micro electron beams

Patent ·
OSTI ID:950121

A micro beam Faraday cup assembly includes a refractory metal layer with an odd number of thin, radially positioned traces in this refractory metal layer. Some of the radially positioned traces are located at the edge of the micro modified Faraday cup body and some of the radially positioned traces are located in the central portion of the micro modified Faraday cup body. Each set of traces is connected to a separate data acquisition channel to form multiple independent diagnostic networks. The data obtained from the two diagnostic networks are combined and inputted into a computed tomography algorithm to reconstruct the beam shape, size, and power density distribution.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
7,378,830
Application Number:
11/166,716
OSTI ID:
950121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Beam profile analysis for the C{ampersand}MS B231 electron beam welding machines report June 1997
Fast method for measuring power density distribution of non-circular and irregular electron beams journal April 1998

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