Single-bunch synchrotron shutter

Patent · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:868846

Norris, James R ^[1]; Tang, Jau-Huei ^[2]; Chen, Lin ^[2]; Thurnauer, Marion ^[1]

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1. Downers Grove, IL
2. Naperville, IL

An apparatus for selecting a single synchrotron pulse from the millions of pulses provided per second from a synchrotron source includes a rotating spindle located in the path of the synchrotron pulses. The spindle has multiple faces of a highly reflective surface, and having a frequency of rotation f. A shutter is spaced from the spindle by a radius r, and has an open position and a closed position. The pulses from the synchrotron are reflected off the spindle to the shutter such that the speed s of the pulses at the shutter is governed by: s=4.times..pi..times.r.times.f. such that a single pulse is selected for transmission through an open position of the shutter.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5225788
• OSTI ID: 868846
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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