公开(公告)号：US20250157777A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US18949934

申请日：2024-11-15

Applicant: Infinite Potential Laboratories LP

Inventor： Steve MacLean ,  Stéphane Payeur ,  Jeffrey Alan Powell ,  Simon Carrier-Vallières ,  Sylvain Fourmaux ,  François Légaré ,  François Fillion-Gourdeau

IPC: H01J27/24 ,  H05H1/46

Abstract: In a general aspect, ionizing radiation is generated using laser light. In some aspects, an apparatus for generating ionizing radiation includes a laser configured to generate a pulse of laser light and a gas medium that has an interaction region therein. The apparatus also includes an optical element that has a reflective surface. The reflective surface defines a focal point in the interaction region of the gas medium. The reflective surface is configured to receive the pulse of laser light and focus the pulse of laser light at the focal point. In many variations, the pulse of laser light is configured to generate a plasma in the interaction region when focused at the focal point by the reflective surface. In these variations, the gas medium is configured to emit an ionizing radiation from the interaction region in response to the plasma being generated therein. The ionizing radiation includes electron radiation.