| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M54469/01 |
| Title: |
AN INVERSE-COMPTON BASED TUNABLE X-RAY GENERATOR |
| Principal Investigator: |
Rollason, Dr AJ |
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| Department: |
Sch of Chemistry & Physics |
| Organisation: |
Keele University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 March 2000 |
Ends: |
28 February 2003 |
Value (£): |
151,220
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Lasers & Optics |
Light-Matter Interactions |
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| Electronics |
Healthcare |
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Design studies will be carried out for laser beam/electron beam devices to determine suitable configurations for generating x-rays by the inverse compton process. This will involve numerical and experimental studies of the laser/electron beam optics of recycling (resonant and non-resonant) cavities with the goal of producing 1000-fold enhancements of the outputs from commercially available lasers and medical linear accelerators. An inverse compton device is a source of x-rays which is bright and tunable and which can provide many of the advantages of a synchrotron source in a small laboratory. Academic users should find their characteristics of great benefit. Such sources could also be configured to augment hospital-located radiotherapy linear accelerators where the new beam propertied should dramatically improve clinical imaging procedures.
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http://www.keele.ac.uk |