Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
Volume 70, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2021.3106129
Keywords
Background removal; four-dimensional (4-D) emittance; heavy-ion beams; low-energy beams; particle therapy; pepper-pot
Funding
- National Cancer Center Research Grant [2110380-1]
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The developed pepper-pot diagnostic device accurately retrieves particle distribution in horizontal and vertical phase spaces through single-shot emittance measurements. The device utilizes two masks made of different materials and fabrication methods, with one demonstrating superior regularity and shape for improved performance. An image-processing algorithm was developed to enhance resolution of phase-space distribution measurements, and experiments confirmed the device's robust and reliable retrieval of ion beam's four-dimensional phase-space distribution.
A pepper-pot diagnostic device was developed to accurately and robustly retrieve particle distribution in horizontal and vertical phase spaces by single-shot emittance measurements. Two masks that differ in both composition and manufacturing method were fabricated: one made of phosphor bronze by an optical lithography process and another made of stainless steel (SUS) by laser cutting. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) measurements of the two masks revealed that the former is superior in terms of regularity and shape of the mask holes and is therefore more suitable to use. A new image-processing algorithm, namely, cluster noise removal method, was developed which improves the resolution of the phase-space distribution measurements over traditional methods. The device was tested in experiments with low-energy argon beams generated by an electron-cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source at Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), Daejeon, South Korea. The results show that the diagnostics can robustly and reliably retrieve the four-dimensional (4-D) phase-space distribution of ion beams with a single-shot measurement.
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