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Title: Circular, confined distribution for charged particle beams

Patent ·
OSTI ID:131939

A charged particle beam line is formed with magnetic optics that manipulate the charged particle beam to form the beam having a generally rectangular configuration to a circular beam cross-section having a uniform particle distribution at a predetermined location. First magnetic optics form a charged particle beam to a generally uniform particle distribution over a square planar area at a known first location. Second magnetic optics receive the charged particle beam with the generally square configuration and affect the charged particle beam to output the charged particle beam with a phase-space distribution effective to fold corner portions of the beam toward the core region of the beam. The beam forms a circular configuration having a generally uniform spatial particle distribution over a target area at a predetermined second location. 26 figs.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Univ. of California, Office of Technology Transfer, Alameda, CA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,468,965/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-303,963; TRN: 96:004590
OSTI ID:
131939
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 21 Nov 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English