DocumentCode
1458824
Title
A chip-scale particle accelerator
Author
Calamia, Joseph
Volume
48
Issue
3
fYear
2011
fDate
3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
14
Lastpage
14
Abstract
This paper deals with a chip-scale particle accelerator like a chip-size cyclotron that guides argon ion with 1.2 kiloelectronvolts of energy down a 5-millimeter accelerating track before whipping them around a 90-degree turn which boosts the ions´ energy by 30 electronvolts.
Keywords
argon; beam handling equipment; cyclotrons; MEMS racetrack; accelerating track; argon ion; chip-scale particle accelerator; chip-size cyclotron; electron volt energy 1.5 keV; Cyclotrons; Microelectromechanical systems; Particle accelerators; Particle beams;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2011.5719708
Filename
5719708
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