Particle accelerator on a wafer : demonstration of electron acceleration and diagnostics with microstructures
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Particle accelerators are synonymous with massive scientific instruments reserved for national laboratories, universities, or other large research facilities. At the same time, they are also an essential tool for the advancement of science and technology, playing a key role in multiple fields from high-energy physics to radiation oncology. In some ways, the size and inaccessibility of the particle accelerator today is very much akin to the computer in the 1940s or the laser in the 1960s. While particle accelerators firmly remain an expensive and specialized instrument, both the computer and the laser have evolved into compact, affordable, everyday devices which permeate all aspects of the modern world. In this thesis, we present an approach to particle acceleration, which could move particle accelerators along a similar path to commercialization as the computer and the laser. To achieve this, we leverage the semiconductor manufacturing techniques developed by the computer industry to fabricate dielectric accelerator structures, which are then powered by the latest in laser technology. We've named our approach the Dielectric Laser-driven Accelerator (DLA).
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Soong, Ken |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Applied Physics. |
| Primary advisor | Byer, R. L. (Robert L.), 1942- |
| Thesis advisor | Byer, R. L. (Robert L.), 1942- |
| Thesis advisor | Raubenheimer, Tor O |
| Thesis advisor | Ruth, Ronald D |
| Advisor | Raubenheimer, Tor O |
| Advisor | Ruth, Ronald D |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Ken Soong. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Applied Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Ken Soong
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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