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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2009
Vincent Tang, Dublin, CA (US);
Glenn A. Meyer, Danville, CA (US);
Steven Falabella, Livermore, CA (US);
Gary Guethlein, Livermore, CA (US);
Brian Rusnak, Livermore, CA (US);
Stephen Sampayan, Manteca, CA (US);
Christopher M. Spadaccini, Oakland, CA (US);
Li-fang Wang, Livermore, CA (US);
John Harris, Monterey, CA (US);
Jeff Morse, Westhampton, MA (US);
Vincent Tang, Dublin, CA (US);
Glenn A. Meyer, Danville, CA (US);
Steven Falabella, Livermore, CA (US);
Gary Guethlein, Livermore, CA (US);
Brian Rusnak, Livermore, CA (US);
Stephen Sampayan, Manteca, CA (US);
Christopher M. Spadaccini, Oakland, CA (US);
Li-Fang Wang, Livermore, CA (US);
John Harris, Monterey, CA (US);
Jeff Morse, Westhampton, MA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a pyroelectric crystal, a deuterated or tritiated target, an ion source, and a common support coupled to the pyroelectric crystal, the deuterated or tritiated target, and the ion source. In another embodiment, a method includes producing a voltage of negative polarity on a surface of a deuterated or tritiated target in response to a temperature change of a pyroelectric crystal, pulsing a deuterium ion source to produce a deuterium ion beam, accelerating the deuterium ion beam to the deuterated or tritiated target to produce a neutron beam, and directing the ion beam onto the deuterated or tritiated target to make neutrons using a voltage of the pyroelectric crystal and/or an HGI surrounding the pyroelectric crystal. The directionality of the neutron beam is controlled by changing the accelerating voltage of the system. Other apparatuses and methods are presented as well.