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Shock injector for low-laser energy electron injection in a laser plasma accelerator

US10433412B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

Hann-Shin Mao · Richmond, US
Wim Leemans · Kensington, US
Stepan Bulanov · Concord, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 12, 2018
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 12, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S3/1625
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to laser plasma accelerators. In one aspect a block of material defines a gas inlet, a chamber in fluid communication with the gas inlet, a throat in fluid communication with the chamber, a channel in fluid communication with the throat, and a gas outlet in fluid communication with the channel. The throat is configured to generate a supersonic flow of a gas when the gas flows through the throat. The channel includes a ramp that is positioned proximate the gas outlet, with the ramp being inclined at an angle with respect to a direction of a flow of the gas proximate a surface of the channel prior to the ramp at the gas outlet.

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