Date: Aug 14, 2017 Source: Company Data (
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Presently we are developing applications of Gas Cluster Ion Beam (GCIB) and Accelerated Neutral Atom Beam (ANAB) technologies for nano-scale modification of critical surfaces for science and industry. These technologies are capable of smoothing/cleaning/polishing large planar and non-planar surfaces, reducing the average roughness (Ra) to an Angstrom.
We are proposing the use of these technologies in constructing advanced optics for reflecting and focusing neutrons for use at neutron scattering research centers worldwide. Thermal energy neutrons have a wavelength of 1.8 angstrom and require "super-mirrors" with surfaces of comparable smoothness for efficient reflection. The neutron is an ideal probe to investigate a wide range of phenomena in physics, chemistry, material science, biology, medicine and other fields.
Experience
The design, construction and operation of Fixed Field Alternating Gradient (FFAG) electron accelerators
Radiation detection and measurement using scintillators
Gas Cluster Ion Beams (GCIB) and Accelerated Neutral Atom Beam (ANAB)
Improving superconducting RF accelerator cavity performance using GCIB surface treatments
High-energy ion implanters for VLSI semiconductor-device manufacture. The design and operation of heavy-ion linear accelerators based on independently-phased-RF cavities
The design of Medium-current ion implanters for use in VLSI semiconductor device manufacturing. Designer of beamline optics, ion sources, beam scanners, and of beamline modifications required to reduce wafer contamination caused by the beam sputtering materials.
High-current H- ion sources for the production of spallation neutrons
Polarized 3He targets and sources. Spin Exchange Optical Pumping (SEOP) sources of hyperpolarized 3He and 129Xe using high-power diode-laser arrays
Polarized neutron experiments
Development of the Optically Pumped Polarized H- Ion Sources (OPPIS) for the LAMPF accelerator at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Merged electron and ion beam experiments. Measurement of electron-impact-excitation and electron-impact-ionization cross-sections for ions.
Development of surface coatings that prevent spin relaxation of polarized vapors
Laser optical pumping and spin relaxation studies
