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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2010
Susanne Madeline Lee, Cohoes, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Vanita Mani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Forrest Frank Hopkins, Cohoes, NY (US);
Eberhard Neuser, Wunstorf, DE;
Susanne Madeline Lee, Cohoes, NY (US);
Peter Michael Edic, Albany, NY (US);
Vanita Mani, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Forrest Frank Hopkins, Cohoes, NY (US);
Eberhard Neuser, Wunstorf, DE;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for producing at least one high flux photon beam is provided. The system includes two or more photon sources configured to produce photon beams, and at least one first stage optic device coupled to at least one of the photon sources and providing at least one focused photon beam through total internal reflection, wherein at least one of the photon beams and the focused photon beams are combined at a virtual focal spot.