Light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube with photocathode

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/abff1e

中国物理B ›› 2021, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (11): 118502-118502.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/abff1e

Light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube with photocathode

Hao Xuan(宣浩)^1,2, Yong-An Liu(刘永安)¹, Peng-Fei Qiang(强鹏飞)¹, Tong Su(苏桐)¹, Xiang-Hui Yang(杨向辉)¹, Li-Zhi Sheng(盛立志)^1,†, and Bao-Sheng Zhao(赵宝升)¹

1 State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Xi'an 710119, China;
2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

收稿日期:2021-01-18 修回日期:2021-04-08 接受日期:2021-05-08 出版日期:2021-10-13 发布日期:2021-11-03
通讯作者: Li-Zhi Sheng E-mail:lizhi_sheng@opt.ac.cn
基金资助:
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61901470 and U1931138), the Strategic Pioneer Program on Space Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA15020501-04), the CAS “Light of West China” Program (Grant No. XAB2018A07), and the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of China (Grant No. SKLIPR2021).

Light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube with photocathode

Hao Xuan(宣浩)^1,2, Yong-An Liu(刘永安)¹, Peng-Fei Qiang(强鹏飞)¹, Tong Su(苏桐)¹, Xiang-Hui Yang(杨向辉)¹, Li-Zhi Sheng(盛立志)^1,†, and Bao-Sheng Zhao(赵宝升)¹

1 State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Xi'an 710119, China;
2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received:2021-01-18 Revised:2021-04-08 Accepted:2021-05-08 Online:2021-10-13 Published:2021-11-03
Contact: Li-Zhi Sheng E-mail:lizhi_sheng@opt.ac.cn
Supported by:
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61901470 and U1931138), the Strategic Pioneer Program on Space Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA15020501-04), the CAS “Light of West China” Program (Grant No. XAB2018A07), and the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of China (Grant No. SKLIPR2021).

摘要/Abstract

摘要： Unstable mechanical structure, low energy efficiency, and cooling requirements limit the application of conventional x-ray tubes based on filament as cathode in several academic areas. In this paper, we demonstrate a light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube using multialkali cathode as electron generator. The photocathode active area of the light controlled x-ray tube is 13.2 cm² (41 mm in diameter), which provides high photoelectron-emitting efficiency up to 0.288 mA/lm in 460-nm LED and 2.37-mA maximum tube current. Furthermore, the modulation ability from 1 kHz to 100 kHz of the x-ray tube is tested. The results suggest that the light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube has easy modulation and short x-ray pulse properties and is promising to be the next generation x-ray tube with wide applications in medical radiation therapy as well as the calibration for detectors and scintillators.

关键词: x-ray source, photocathode, x-ray modulation

Abstract: Unstable mechanical structure, low energy efficiency, and cooling requirements limit the application of conventional x-ray tubes based on filament as cathode in several academic areas. In this paper, we demonstrate a light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube using multialkali cathode as electron generator. The photocathode active area of the light controlled x-ray tube is 13.2 cm² (41 mm in diameter), which provides high photoelectron-emitting efficiency up to 0.288 mA/lm in 460-nm LED and 2.37-mA maximum tube current. Furthermore, the modulation ability from 1 kHz to 100 kHz of the x-ray tube is tested. The results suggest that the light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube has easy modulation and short x-ray pulse properties and is promising to be the next generation x-ray tube with wide applications in medical radiation therapy as well as the calibration for detectors and scintillators.

Key words: x-ray source, photocathode, x-ray modulation

中图分类号: (Vacuum microelectronic device characterization, design, and modeling)

85.45.Bz

85.60.Ha (Photomultipliers; phototubes and photocathodes) 98.70.Qy (X-ray sources; X-ray bursts)

Hao Xuan(宣浩), Yong-An Liu(刘永安), Peng-Fei Qiang(强鹏飞), Tong Su(苏桐), Xiang-Hui Yang(杨向辉), Li-Zhi Sheng(盛立志), and Bao-Sheng Zhao(赵宝升). Light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube with photocathode[J]. 中国物理B, 2021, 30(11): 118502-118502.

参考文献

[1] Miao C, Xie L, Wan F, Su C, Liu H, Jiao J and Ye Q 2019 Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June 16-20, Long Beach, USA, p. 2119
[2] Baskar R, Lee K A, Yeo R and Yeoh K W 2012 Int. J. Med. Sci. 9 193
[3] Grotzer M, Schültke E, Bräuer-Krisch E and Laissue J 2015 Physica Medica 31 564
[4] Glasser O 1993 Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen and the early history of the Roentgen rays (San Francisco: Norman Publishing) pp. 1-15
[5] Merzbacher E and Lewis H 1958 Corpuscles and Radiation in Matter Ⅱ/Korpuskeln und Strahlung in Materie Ⅱ (Berlin: Springer) pp. 166-192
[6] Zhao B, Yan Q, Sheng L and Liu Y (Chinese Patents) CN103077874 [2011-10-25]
[7] Wang L Q, Su T, Zhao B S, Sheng L Z, Liu Y A and Liu D 2015 Acta Phys. Sin. 64 120701 (in Chinese)
[8] Su T, Tang L, Li Y, Sheng L and Zhao B 2019 Optik 199 163263
[9] Dyke W, Dolan W 1956 Advances in electronics and electron physics (Elsevier) pp. 89-185
[10] Sugie H, Tanemura M, Filip V, Iwata K, Takahashi K and Okuyama F 2001 Appl. Phys. Lett. 78 2578
[11] Qian X, Tucker A, Gidcumb E, Shan J, Yang G, Calderon-Colon X, Sultana S, Lu J, Zhou O and Spronk D 2012 Medical Physics 39 2090
[12] Lei W, Zhu Z, Liu C, Zhang X, Wang B and Nathan A 2015 Carbon 94 687
[13] Heo S H, Ihsan A and Cho S O 2007 Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 183109
[14] Tsai H E, Wang X, Shaw J M, Li Z, Arefiev A V, Zhang X, Zgadzaj R, Henderson W, Khudik V and Shvets G 2015 Phys. Plasmas 22 023106
[15] Andriyash I, Lehe R, Lifschitz A, Thaury C, Rax J M, Krushelnick K and Malka V 2014 Nat. Commun. 5 1
[16] Ishikawa T, Aoyagi H, Asaka T, Asano Y, Azumi N, Bizen T, Ego H, Fukami K, Fukui T and Furukawa Y 2012 Nat. Photon. 6 540
[17] Vinko S, Ciricosta O, Cho B, Engelhorn K, Chung H-K, Brown C, Burian T, Chalupsky J, Falcone R and Graves C 2012 Nature 482 59
[18] Amann J, Berg W, Blank V, Decker F J, Ding Y, Emma P, Feng Y, Frisch J, Fritz D and Hastings J 2012 Nat. Photon. 6 693
[19] Derenzo S, Moses W, Blankespoor S, Ito M and Oba K IEEE Conference on Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging, October 26-31, 1992, Orlando, USA, pp. 117-119
[20] Timofeev G, Potrakhov N, Nechaev A 2019 AIP Conf. Proc. Volume 2089
[21] Timofeev G and Potrakhov N 2018 25th International Conference on Vacuum Technique and Technology, June 5-7, 2018, St. Petersburg, Rassian Federation, Volume 387
[22] Grubor J, Lee S C J, Langer K D, Koonen T and Walewski J W 2007 33$rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication, September 16-20, Berlin, Germany pp. 1-2

Light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube with photocathode

Light-controlled pulsed x-ray tube with photocathode

RichHTML

PDF (PC)

赞

可视化

摘要/Abstract

引用本文

使用本文

参考文献

相关文章 15

Metrics

本文评价

推荐阅读 0

[1]	Zi-Heng Wang(王自衡), Yi-Jun Zhang(张益军), Shi-Man Li(李诗曼), Shan Li(李姗), Jing-Jing Zhan(詹晶晶), Yun-Sheng Qian(钱芸生), Feng Shi(石峰), Hong-Chang Cheng(程宏昌), Gang-Cheng Jiao(焦岗成), and Yu-Gang Zeng(曾玉刚). Temporal response of laminated graded-bandgap GaAs-based photocathode with distributed Bragg reflection structure: Model and simulation[J]. 中国物理B, 2022, 31(9): 98505-098505.
[2]	纪延俊, 王俊平, 刘友文. Effects of Al component content on optoelectronic properties of Al_xGa_1-xN[J]. 中国物理B, 2018, 27(10): 106102-106102.
[3]	任彬, 郭晖, 石峰, 程宏昌, 刘晖, 刘健, 申志辉, 史衍丽, 刘培. A theoretical and experimental evaluation of III-nitride solar-blind UV photocathode[J]. 中国物理B, 2017, 26(8): 88504-088504.
[4]	焦岗成, 刘正堂, 郭晖, 张益军. Comparison of blue-green response between transmission-mode GaAsP-and GaAs-based photocathodes grown by molecular beam epitaxy[J]. 中国物理B, 2016, 25(4): 48505-048505.
[5]	谭放, 朱斌, 韩丹, 辛建婷, 赵宗清, 曹磊峰, 谷渝秋, 张保汉. Numerical simulation for all-optical Thomson scattering X-ray source[J]. 中国物理B, 2014, 23(3): 34104-034104.
[6]	熊俊, 董佳钦, 贾果, 王瑞荣, 王伟, 傅思祖, 郑无敌. Optimization of 4.7-keV X-ray titanium sources driven by 100-ps laser pulse[J]. 中国物理B, 2013, 22(6): 65201-065201.
[7]	王晓晖, 高频, 王洪刚, 李飙, 常本康. Influence of wet chemical cleaning on quantum efficiency of GaN photocathode[J]. 中国物理B, 2013, 22(2): 27901-027901.
[8]	任玲, 常本康. Modulation transfer function characteristic of uniform-doping transmission-mode GaAs/GaAlAs photocathode[J]. 中国物理B, 2011, 20(8): 87308-087308.
[9]	张俊举, 常本康, 付小倩, 杜玉杰, 李飙, 邹继军. Influence of cesium on the stability of a GaAs photocathode[J]. 中国物理B, 2011, 20(8): 87902-087902.
[10]	牛军, 张益军, 常本康, 熊雅娟. Influence of varied doping structure on photoemissive property of photocathode[J]. 中国物理B, 2011, 20(4): 44209-044209.
[11]	赵静, 常本康, 熊雅娟, 张益军. Spectral transmittance and module structure fitting for transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes[J]. 中国物理B, 2011, 20(4): 47801-047801.
[12]	张益军, 邹继军, 王晓晖, 常本康, 钱芸生, 张俊举, 高频. Comparison of the photoemission behaviour between negative electron affinity GaAs and GaN photocathodes[J]. 中国物理B, 2011, 20(4): 48501-048501.
[13]	付小倩, 常本康, 王晓晖, 李飙, 杜玉杰, 张俊举. Photoemission of graded-doping GaN photocathode[J]. 中国物理B, 2011, 20(3): 37902-037902.
[14]	张益军, 牛军, 赵静, 熊雅娟, 任玲, 常本康, 钱芸生. Improvement of photoemission performance of a gradient-doping transmission-mode GaAs photocathode[J]. 中国物理B, 2011, 20(11): 118501-118501.
[15]	王瑞荣, 陈伟民, 王伟, 董佳钦, 肖沙里. Laser-produced plasma helium-like titanium Kα x-ray source and its application to Rayleighben-Taylor instability study[J]. 中国物理B, 2010, 19(7): 75202-075202.