| 摘要 |
<p>A high energy photon source. A pair of plasma pinch electrodes (8) are located in a vacuum chamber in a plasma pinch unit (2). The chamber contains a working gas which includes a noble buffer gas and an active gas chosen to produce a desired spectral line. A pulse power source (10) provides electrical pulses at high enough voltages to create electrical discharges between the electrodes. This produces high temperature, high density plasma pinches in the working gas providing radiation at the spectral line of the source. The electrodes are configured coaxially with the anode on the axis. Active gas is introduced through the hollow anode. This permits an optimization of the spectral line source and a separate optimization of the buffer gas.</p> |
