Water-window flash x-ray production from linear plasma x-ray source

Eiichi Sato; Michiaki Sagae; Hiroyuki Toriyabe; Wataru Awaji; Yasuomi Hayasi; Kazuyoshi Takayama; Hideaki Ido; Yoshiharu Tamakawa

doi:10.1117/12.410557

18 December 2000 Water-window flash x-ray production from linear plasma x-ray source

Eiichi Sato, Michiaki Sagae, Hiroyuki Toriyabe, Wataru Awaji, Yasuomi Hayasi, Kazuyoshi Takayama, Hideaki Ido, Yoshiharu Tamakawa

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Proceedings Volume 4142, Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications II; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410557
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

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The fundamental study on a high-intensity flash water-window x-ray generator is describe. This flash x-ray generator was improved in order to increase the x-ray intensity and to produce high-intensity characteristic x-rays by forming the linear plasma x-ray source. The generator consists of a high-voltage power supply, a polarity-inversion ignitron pulse generator, an oil-diffusion pump, and a radiation tube with a capillary. High-voltage condenser of 0.2 (mu) F in the pulse generator is charged up to 20 kV by the power supply, and the electric charges in the condenser are discharged to the capillary in the tube after closing the ignitron. In the present work, the chamber is evacuated by the pump with a pressure of about 1 mPa, and the titanium anode and cathode electrodes are employed to produce L-series characteristic x-rays in the water-window range. The diameter and the length of the ferrite capillary are 2.0 and 30 mm, respectively, and both the cathode voltage and the discharge current displayed damped oscillations. The peak values of the voltage and current increased when the charging voltage was increased, and their maximum values were -11.2 kV and 4.4 kA, respectively. The pulse durations of the water- windows x-rays were nearly equivalent to those of the damped oscillations in the voltage and current, and their values were less than 15 microsecond(s) . In the spectrum measurement, we observed water-window x-rays.

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Eiichi Sato, Michiaki Sagae, Hiroyuki Toriyabe, Wataru Awaji, Yasuomi Hayasi, Kazuyoshi Takayama, Hideaki Ido, and Yoshiharu Tamakawa "Water-window flash x-ray production from linear plasma x-ray source", Proc. SPIE 4142, Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications II, (18 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410557

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X-rays

Capillaries

Plasma

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Titanium

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