This work was supported by the LDRD Program. Date of current version September 10,Ģ012. Smaller portable systems continue to be based on thin cylindrical pipes with considerable volume. The ion source can take several fo rms, the simplest of which isĪn electrode pair with a spark gap, where the electrodes of the Plate with a pin hole in the center or a screen in some designs,Īn accelerating gap where the ions are accelerated, and a target. Is called “diode” geometry consists of an ion source, an aperture Particularly for applications such as well logging. TheĬylindrical package allows for robust and simple structures,
Ion-induced secondary electrons with a simple structure. The ion beam and the high voltage, and it allows control of Cylindrical symmetry allows practical control of Index Terms-Cancer, commercial, high voltage, ion source,ĮUTRON generators that are based on accelerating a deuterium ion beam and impacting a tritium (or deuterium)loaded target are typically made in a cylindrical shape or We present some of the preliminary resultsĪnd the general description of the working prototypes, which we The ion source is a simple surface-mountedĭeuterium-filled titanium film with a fused gap that operates at aĬurrent–voltage design to release the deuterium during a pulselength of about 1 µs. Using a lens design to produce a flat ion beam that conforms to theįlat rectangular target. Range with a 3-mm (0.120 in) gap, and the ion beam is shaped by The accelerating voltage is in the 15- to 20-kV Is based on a deuterium ion beam accelerated to impact a tritium-loaded target. Thick has been successfully demonstrated to produce 103 neutrons
Generator packaged in a flat computer chip shape of 1.54 cm DragtĪbstract-A deuterium–tritium base reaction pulsed neutron Scott Kiff, John Steele, Ron Goeke, Brian Wroblewski, John Desko, and Alexander J. Elizondo-Decanini, David Schmale, Mike Cich, Marino Martinez, Kevin Youngman, Matt Senkow, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, VOL.