Patent ID: 8565381
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
1. A radiation source for the generation of high-energy X-radiation, the radiation source comprising: an evacuated chamber; an electron beam generation unit for the generation of an electron beam extending in the chamber in an electron beam direction, said electronic beam generation unit being operable at an acceleration voltage of at least 3 MV; a target unit, the target unit comprising a liquid line with a liquid arranged therein, the liquid line extending transversely to the electron beam direction, wherein an interaction zone for the generation of X-radiation is generable by interaction of the electron beam and the liquid, the liquid being completely surrounded by the liquid line in the direction of the chamber, at least a portion of the liquid line being permeable to the electron beam in such a way that the interaction zone is generable inside the liquid line, said permeable portion of the liquid line having a dimension in a range of 50 μm to 500 μm in the electron beam direction and a dimension in a direction transverse to the electron beam direction of no more than 1000 μm, said target unit being designed such that the X-radiation is emissible substantially in the electron beam direction.