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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Loveland, CO (US);
Inventors:
Mark Denning, Loveland, CO (US);
Guthrie Partridge, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 27/24 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 27/24 (2013.01); H01J 49/162 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photon source includes a plasma source for generating plasma and a photon guide through which the plasma travels. The photon guide includes an inner surface configured for reflecting photons emitted from the plasma. As the plasma travels through the photon guide, plasma electrons and ions recombine at the inner surface, whereby the predominant species emitted from an outlet of the photon guide are the photons and neutral particles, with few or no plasma electrons and ions being emitted.