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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2022
Hamamatsu Photonics K.k., Shizuoka, JP;
Energetiq Technology, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Frederick Marvin Niell, III, Tampa, FL (US);
Donald K. Smith, Newton, MA (US);
Matthew M. Besen, Andover, MA (US);
Stephen F. Horne, Medford, MA (US);
David B. Reisman, Wakefield, MA (US);
Daniel J. Arcaro, Medford, MA (US);
Michael J. Roderick, Everett, MA (US);
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Shizuoka, JP;
Energetiq Technology, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating light includes a chamber having a high voltage region, a low voltage region, and a plasma generation region that defines a plasma confinement region. A magnetic core is positioned around the chamber and is configured to generate a plasma in the plasma confinement region. A switched power supply includes a DC power supply and a switched resonant charging circuit that together generate a plurality of voltage pulses at the output causing a plurality of current pulses to be applied to the power delivery section around the magnetic core so that at least one plasma loop is established around the magnetic core that confines plasma in the plasma confinement region, thereby forming a magnetically confined Z-pinch plasma. Light generated by the Z-pinch plasma propagates out of a port in the light source.