High brilliance negative ion and neutral beam source

Patent · Tue May 28 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5749606

Compton, R N

This patent describes a high brilliance mass selected (Z-selected) negative ion and neutral beam source having good energy resolution. The source is based upon laser resonance ionization of atoms or molecules in a small gaseous medium followed by charge exchange through an alkali oven. The source is capable of producing microampere beams of an extremely wide variety of negative ions, and milliampere beams when operated in the pulsed mode.

• Assignee: US DOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5019705; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-460464
• OSTI ID: 5749606
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 3 Jan 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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