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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2013
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Amit Lal, Ithaca, NY (US);
Yue Shi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Serhan Ardanuc, Ithaca, NY (US);
June-Ho Hwang, Ithaca, NY (US);
Farhan Rana, Ithaca, NY (US);
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
A system that generates short charged particle packets or pulses (e.g., electron packets) without requiring a fast-switching-laser source is described. This system may include a charged particle source that produces a stream of continuous charged particles to propagate along a charged particle path. The system also includes a charged particle deflector positioned in the charged particle path to deflect the stream of continuous charged particles to a set of directions different from the charged particle path. The system additionally includes a series of beam blockers located downstream from the charged particle deflector and spaced from one another in a linear configuration as a beam-blocker grating. This beam-blocker grating can interact with the deflected stream of charged particles and divide the stream of the charged particles into a set of short particle packets. In one embodiment, the charged particles are electrons. The beam blockers can be conductors.