HIGH BRIGHTNESS x-ray SOURCE
AssigneeNova Measuring Instruments Ltd.
InventorGildardo Delgado
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Abstract
A method for generating an x-ray beam, the method includes (a) directing an x-ray generating fluid towards a cryogenic x-ray emitting target; (b) freezing, by the cryogenic x-ray emitting target, the x-ray generating fluid to provide a frozen x-ray generating material; and (c) illuminating the frozen x-ray generating material with an electron beam to generate the x-ray beam.
Claims48
A method for generating an x-ray beam, the method comprises:
- directing an x-ray generating fluid towards a cryogenic x-ray emitting target;
- freezing, by the cryogenic x-ray emitting target, the x-ray generating fluid to provide a frozen x-ray generating material;
- illuminating the frozen x-ray generating material with an electron beam to generate the x-ray beam.
A x-ray beam source, comprising:
- an x-ray generating fluid source that is configured to direct an x-ray generating fluid towards a cryogenic x-ray emitting target;
- a cryogenic x-ray emitting target that is configured to freeze the x-ray generating fluid to provide a frozen x-ray generating material;
- an electron beam source that is configured to illuminate the frozen x-ray generating material with an electron beam to generate the x-ray beam.
A method for generating an x-ray beam, the method comprises:
- illuminating a photocathode with a photon beam selected of a light beam and a laser beam;
- generating, by the photocathode and due to the illuminating, an electron beam;
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- converting the electron beam to x-ray beam.
An x-ray source, comprising:
- a photon beam source that is configured to illuminate a photocathode with a photon beam selected of a light beam and a laser beam;
- wherein the photocathode is configured to generate, due to the illumination, an electron beam;
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- an electron beam to x-ray beam converter that is configured to convert the electron beam to x-ray beam.
A method for generating an x-ray beam, the method comprises:
- illuminating an x-ray target with high brightness thermal field emitter electron beam source;
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- converting, by the x-ray target, the electron beam to x-ray beam.
A method for generating an x-ray beam, the method comprises:
- illuminating an x-ray target with high brightness Cold Field Emitter electron beam source;
- and converting, by the x-ray target, the electron beam to x-ray beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.