Patent ID: 7663077

Claim:
An RF-induction heated side-pumped carbon nanotube synthesis chamber comprising: a. a generally T-shaped furnace housing defining a horizontal chamber and a vertical chamber for the admission of a laser beam; b. an RF coil about at least a portion of said horizontal chamber; c. a graphite core bisecting said horizontal chamber to form parallel target and flowpath chambers and having a gap therein, said gap being aligned with said vertical chamber; d. a spindle capable of rotational and translational movement within said target chamber; e. a graphite and catalyst containing target separate and distinct from the graphite core mounted on said spindle and moving therewith in alignment with said gap; f. said flowpath chamber defining a path for the passage of a nanotube spray from said synthesis chamber; g. a porous plug heater in said flowpath up stream of said vertical chamber for heating incoming inert gas; an orifice plate intermediate said porous plug heater and said vertical chamber controlling the flow of inert gas to said flowpath; and h. a quartz purge vessel about said furnace housing.