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A COHERENT X-RAY SOURCE USING TRANSITION RADIATION

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 14842
Amount: $49,994.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
285 Hamilton Ave Ste 430
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Melvin A Piestrup
 Principal Investigator
 (415) 328-7337
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

BY DESIGNING TRANSITION RADIATORS SUCH THAT THERE IS UNIFORM FOIL THICKNESS AND SPACING, THE ANGLE OF EMISSION CAN BE REDUCED AND THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE X-RAY SOURCE INCREASED. UNDER THIS CONTRACT WE WILL CALCULATE THE BRIGHTNESS OF THIS SOURCE AND COMPARE IT TO SYNCHROTRON EMITTERS. IN ADDITION WE WILL INVESTIGATE METHODS FOR REDUCING THE ELECTRON BEAM ENERGY REQUIRED FOR THE PROCESS TO OCCUR. METHODS OF NARROWING THE BANDWIDTH OF THE SOURCE WILL BE STUDIED. THESE INCLUDE ANTENNA-ARRAY SYNTHESIS AND PHOTOABSORPTION EDGE TRUNCATION OF THE SPECTRUM. THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF ELECTRON SCATTERING AND HIGHER MODE PROLIFERATION WILL BE ALSO STUDIED. THE GOAL OF THIS WORK IS TO ESTABLISH THE COMMERCIAL FEASIBILITY OF A COMPACT, QUASIMONOCHROMATIC, COLLIMATED X-RAY SOURCE USING TRANSITION RADIATION AND A MODERATE ENERGY ELECTRON BEAM SOURCE.

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