EP 1082727 A2 20010314 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NEUTRONS AND OTHER PARTICLES
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NEUTRONS AND OTHER PARTICLES
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG VON NEUTRONEN UND ANDEREN TEILCHEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE PRODUCTION DE NEUTRONS ET AUTRES PARTICULES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9908941 W 19990428
- US 7402398 A 19980506
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9956521A2] Assemblies of multiple microdroplets made of liquid deuterium are illuminated with pulses from an ultrafast (femtosecond) laser, causing the microdroplets to turn into expanding ion clouds in which the ionized nuclei (deuterons) have kinetic energy sufficient to overcome the Coulomb barrier and cause fusion to produce free neutrons, tritium nuclei, and more kinetic energy. The droplets of liquid deuterium are first illuminated with pulses from an infrared laser in order to cause Coulomb explosion of the droplets and resulting formation of the microdroplets. Alternatively, assemblies of microdroplets of a material containing higher Z atoms such as neon or argon are illuminated by an ultrafast laser and the resulting plasma clouds collide and generate recombination x-rays.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G21B 1/03 (2006.01); G21K 5/02 (2006.01); H05G 2/00 (2006.01); H05H 1/22 (2006.01); H05H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G21B 1/23 (2013.01); H05G 2/003 (2013.01); H05G 2/008 (2013.01); H05H 3/06 (2013.01); Y02E 30/10 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9956521A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9956521 A2 19991111; WO 9956521 A3 20000629; EP 1082727 A2 20010314; JP 2002514740 A 20020521
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9908941 W 19990428; EP 99938692 A 19990428; JP 2000546569 A 19990428