Weakly ionized plasma flash x-ray generator and its distinctive characteristics

Eiichi Sato; Yasuomi Hayasi; Rudolf Germer; Kazunori Murakami; Yoshitake Koorikawa; Etsuro Tanaka; Hidezo Mori; Toshiaki Kawai; Toshio Ichimaru; Fumiko Obata; Kiyomi Takahashi; Sigehiro Sato; Kazuyoshi Takayama; Hideaki Ido

doi:10.1117/12.506486

7 January 2004 Weakly ionized plasma flash x-ray generator and its distinctive characteristics

Eiichi Sato, Yasuomi Hayasi, Rudolf Germer, Kazunori Murakami, Yoshitake Koorikawa, Etsuro Tanaka, Hidezo Mori, Toshiaki Kawai, Toshio Ichimaru, Fumiko Obata, Kiyomi Takahashi, Sigehiro Sato, Kazuyoshi Takayama, Hideaki Ido

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Proceedings Volume 5196, Laser-Generated and Other Laboratory X-Ray and EUV Sources, Optics, and Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506486
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the plasma flash x-ray generator, a high-voltage main condenser of approximately 200 nF is charged up to 50 kV by a power supply, and electric charges in the condenser are discharged to an x-ray tube after triggering the cathode electrode. The flash x-rays are then produced. The x-ray tube is a demountable triode that is connected to a turbo molecular pump with a pressure of approximately 1 mPa. As electron flows from the cathode electrode are roughly converged to a rod copper target of 3.0 mm in diameter by the electric field in the x-ray tube, weakly ionized linear plasma, which consists of copper ions and electrons, forms by target evaporation. At a charging voltage of 50 kV, the maximum tube voltage was almost equal to the charging voltage of the main condenser, and the peak current was about 15 kA. When the charging voltage was increased, the linear plasma formed, and the K-series characteristic x-ray intensities increased. The K-series lines were quite sharp and intense, and hardly any bremsstrahlung rays were detected. The x-ray pulse widths were approximately 700 ns, and the time-integrated x-ray intensity had a value of approximately 30 μC/kg at 1.0 m from the x-ray source with a charging voltage of 50 kV.

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Eiichi Sato, Yasuomi Hayasi, Rudolf Germer, Kazunori Murakami, Yoshitake Koorikawa, Etsuro Tanaka, Hidezo Mori, Toshiaki Kawai, Toshio Ichimaru, Fumiko Obata, Kiyomi Takahashi, Sigehiro Sato, Kazuyoshi Takayama, and Hideaki Ido "Weakly ionized plasma flash x-ray generator and its distinctive characteristics", Proc. SPIE 5196, Laser-Generated and Other Laboratory X-Ray and EUV Sources, Optics, and Applications, (7 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506486

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