Photon source comprising an ecr source with pressure gradient
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsDenis Hitz, Marc Delaunay
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Abstract
The invention relates to a photon source comprising an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) multicharged ion plasma source, the multicharged ions corresponding to several charge states of a first constituent (g1) inserted into a vacuum chamber (CH), and at least one charge state emitting photons with a wavelength λo by de-excitation, wherein means set up a pressure gradient within the chamber (CH) of the first constituent (g1) and/or at least one second constituent (g2) different from the first constituent (g1), the pressure gradient being capable of creating an energy gradient of plasma electrons such that additional multicharged ions are created emitting photons with a wavelength equal to approximately λo by de-excitation.
Claims23
Photon source comprising an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) multicharged ion plasma source, the multicharged ions corresponding to several charge states of a first constituent (g1) inserted into a vacuum chamber (CH), and at least one charge state emitting photons with a wavelength λo by de-excitation, wherein means set up a pressure gradient within the chamber (CH) of the first constituent (g1) and/or at least one second constituent (g2) different from the first constituent (g1), the pressure gradient being capable of creating an energy gradient of plasma electrons such that additional multicharged ions corresponding to at least one charge state of the first constituent (g1) and/or at least one charge state of the second constituent (g2) are created in the chamber, the additional multicharged ions emitting photons with a wavelength equal to approximately λo by de-excitation.
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