KR20150108025A - Mehod and apparatus for accelerating particle based on laser - Google Patents
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Abstract
Laser-based particle acceleration methods and apparatus are disclosed. A particle acceleration method based on a plurality of laser beams includes the steps of generating particles by accelerating particles based on a first laser beam generated through a first laser reflector to produce first accelerated particles, And accelerating the first accelerating particles based on the laser beam to produce second accelerated particles, wherein the first laser beam and the second laser beam can be separated by a first beam splitter.
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The present invention relates to particle acceleration, and more particularly to a laser-based particle acceleration method and apparatus.
Cancer incidence and cancer-related deaths are continuously increasing in Korea. Despite the rapid growth of medical diagnosis and treatment technology in recent years, the factors that determine the survival rate difference of cancer are early detection. Current diagnostic methods are only able to diagnose cancer after a certain degree of MASS is formed by the proliferation of cancer cells. Therefore, metastasis is already occurring at the time of cancer diagnosis, so that it often happens to miss the appropriate treatment period and lead to death.
If the difference in the physical characteristics that can distinguish between normal cells and cancer cells can be clearly identified, femtosecond (10 ^ -15) laser is used at the early stage of cancer and early diagnosis of cancer and damage to normal cells Epidemic cancer treatment that can selectively kill only cancer cells can be made possible.
Femtosecond optical pulse technology can selectively cut and destroy only one cell or a specific organelle within a cell without damaging live cells in water or in the general atmosphere. It has unlimited potential as a biotechnology tool that enables precise diagnosis to distinguish normal cells from diseased cells (cancer cells) and selective treatment at the cellular level. In addition, femtosecond lasers with wavelengths in the transparent near infrared (NR) region of living cells can observe dynamic movement of cells without damage to the cells. Also, laser beam can be condensed easily up to several hundred nm in diameter, and it can acquire not only the cell itself but also the property information of the intracellular organelles without damage to the cells. Thus, laser-based medical research and surgical methods are becoming common and are being studied continuously.
A first object of the present invention is to provide a laser-based particle acceleration method.
A second object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for performing a laser-based particle acceleration method.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of accelerating a particle based on a plurality of laser beams, the method comprising: accelerating particles based on a first laser beam generated through a first laser reflector Generating first accelerated particles and accelerating the first accelerated particles based on the second laser beam generated through the second laser reflector to generate second accelerated particles, The beam and the second laser beam may be separated by a first beam splitter. The step of generating the first accelerated particles may include transmitting the first laser beam separated by the beam splitter to a first reflector, transmitting the first laser beam through a first reflector to a non- And focusing the first laser beam onto the thin film based on the non-shrinking reflector to generate the first accelerating particles by applying a first light pressure. Wherein generating the second accelerating particles comprises transmitting the second laser beam separated by the beam splitter to a second reflector, passing the second laser beam through the second reflector, the third reflector, To the position of the thin film, and generating a second accelerated particle by applying a second light pressure based on the second laser beam to the first accelerated particle. The particle accelerating method based on a plurality of laser beams may further comprise the step of transferring the second accelerating particles to a tumor location, wherein the second laser reflector is configured to cause the second laser beam to move later than the first laser beam To reach the position of the thin film and to apply the second light pressure to the first accelerating particle, and the particle may be a proton or an impinge. The particle acceleration method based on a plurality of laser beams may include generating a third accelerated particle by accelerating the second accelerated particle on the basis of the generated third laser beam based on the third laser reflector, And the third laser reflector may be configured to cause the third laser beam to reach the position of the thin film later than the second laser beam to apply the third light pressure to the second accelerating particles to generate the third accelerating particles. The particle acceleration method based on a plurality of laser beams may further include determining the number of laser beams to be generated according to the position of the tumor and operating at least one laser reflector according to the determined number of laser beams The at least one laser reflector may include the first laser reflector, the second laser reflector, and the third laser reflector.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a particle accelerator based on a plurality of laser beams for generating a first laser beam for accelerating particles to generate first accelerated particles A second laser reflector for generating a second laser beam for accelerating the first accelerating particles to produce second accelerated particles and a second laser beam for generating a second laser beam, And a first beam splitter for splitting the beam into beams. The first laser reflector may include a first reflector that reflects the first laser beam separated by the first beam splitter, a second reflector that receives the first laser beam through the first reflector, And a thin film for generating the first accelerating particles based on the first light pressure by the focused first laser beam. The second laser reflector may include a second reflector that reflects the second laser beam separated by the beam splitter, and an additional reflector that reflects the second laser beam to a position of the thin film, 2 accelerating particles can be generated by applying a second light pressure by the second laser beam to the first accelerating particles. The particle accelerating device may be configured to transfer the second accelerating particles to a tumor location and the second laser reflector may be configured such that the second laser beam reaches the position of the thin film later than the first laser beam, And to apply the second light pressure to the accelerating particle, and the particle may be a proton or a heavy particle. The particle accelerating device may further include a third laser reflecting portion for generating a third laser beam for accelerating the second accelerating particles based on the third laser beam to generate third accelerated particles, The third laser beam reaches the position of the thin film later than the second laser beam and applies a third light pressure to the second accelerating particles to generate the third accelerating particles. The particle accelerating apparatus may further include a driving laser determining unit for determining the number of laser beams to be generated according to the position of the tumor and a laser beam generating unit for operating at least one laser reflecting unit according to the determined number of laser beams. The at least one laser reflector may include the first laser reflector, the second laser reflector, and the third laser reflector.
As described above, by using the laser-based particle acceleration method and apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, particles (proton or intoner) are generated and accelerated by the first laser beam to generate first accelerated particles, And then the second laser beam is applied to the first accelerating particles to generate accelerated second accelerating particles, thereby increasing the acceleration energy for the particles. Thus, high energy particles can be applied to the tumor.
1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a particle accelerated laser system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of applying light pressure to particles based on a first laser beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the progress of the second laser beam according to the embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of applying additional light pressure to ions according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an apparatus for accelerating particles based on a laser beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an apparatus for accelerating particles based on a laser beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.
The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.
It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.
The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals will be used for the same constituent elements in the drawings, and redundant explanations for the same constituent elements will be omitted.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of accelerating a proton or an inteface using a laser beam. Hereinafter, the term "particle" is used to denote a proton or an intruder that is accelerated by a laser beam. The particles must be in a high energy state in order for the particles to reach the tumor site in the body. By using the high energy laser ion acceleration method according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to reach the tumor region of the human body in a high energy state.
The first laser beam can be focused on the thin film target to generate and accelerate the particles to generate the first accelerated particles. Further, it is possible to generate second accelerating particles having additional energy by irradiating the first accelerating particles with the second laser beam. These high-energy second accelerating particles can easily penetrate the tumor site. Hereinafter, a method for accelerating particles based on a plurality of laser beams in an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Focusing the picosecond ~ femtosecond laser light on the thin film can accelerate particles such as protons or carbon ions. The particle acceleration model may be, for example, a Target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) model or a radiation pressure model.
First, the target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA) model can be used when the laser intensity is less than 1020 W / cm 2. When the laser beam is incident on the thin film, electrons in the thin film can be accelerated to fall off the rear surface of the thin film and instantly exist in the form of an electron clouding. At that time, protons or cations inside the thin film are left, and a very large electric field of 1012 V / cm or more can be formed between the electron cloud and the cations on the backside. By this electric field, the cation can be accelerated toward the electron cloud. When the energy of the electric field reaches 200 MeV, the electric field allows the cation to reach deep tumors 15 cm or more in the body. The ion is accelerated in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the target film irrespective of the angle of incidence of the thin film target, so it is called the TNSA model.
Next, ions can be accelerated using a radiation pressure model. When the laser intensity is above 1021 W / cm2, the ions accelerate in the direction of the laser beam differently from the TNSA model. The radial pressure model is a model according to the electromagnetic Lorentz force. Lorentz force is the force that a charged object receives in an electromagnetic field. The object receives the force of qE in the electric field and receives the force of the magnetic field qv x B. Where E is the electric field, B is the magnetic field, q is the charge of the particle, v is the speed of the particle, and x is the outer product It means.
That is, the principle of acceleration of the particles can be changed according to the intensity of the laser. The particles subjected to the radial pressure model have a high acceleration energy and the energy of the particles applied to the TNSA model may be smaller than the energy applied to the radial pressure model. In a conventional light pressure model, such as the TSNA model or the radiation pressure model, the light pressure applied to the particles was only once.
In the particle accelerating method based on a plurality of laser beams according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to generate particles of higher energy than conventionally by applying various light pressures in accelerating particles. Hereinafter, a specific laser-based particle acceleration method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a particle accelerated laser system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, unlike a conventional method of accelerating particles using a single radiation pressure, additional light pressure may be applied to the particles to accelerate the particles. That is, in the particle-accelerated laser system according to the embodiment of the present invention, particles having a larger energy than the conventional one can be generated by two light pressures, and high-energy particles can be generated, thereby enabling treatment of tumors located deep within the human body .
The ion accelerated laser system may include a
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2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of applying light pressure to particles based on a first laser beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, the
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This is referred to as acceleration by radiation pressure, and the accelerated particle by the first light pressure can be expressed by the term first acceleration particle. The first accelerating particles may proceed toward the
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3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the progress of the second laser beam according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 3, while the first laser beam reflected by the beam splitter is incident on the thin film to generate first accelerated particles accelerated by the first light pressure generated, the
The second laser beam can reach the thin film sequentially through the
The arrangement of the mirrors may be a variety of other arrangements for irradiating the second laser beam with particles with a time difference from the first laser beam.
At this time, the thin film may be in a state where the material structure has already been disassembled by the first laser beam. Accordingly, the second laser beam can generate the second accelerating
4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of applying additional light pressure to ions according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 4, the second laser beam may apply an additional light pressure to the first accelerating particles accelerated by the first light pressure. Accelerated particles due to additional light pressure can be expressed by the term second accelerator particle. The particles receiving the first light pressure and the second light pressure may be protons or intumescent particles. The particles are first generated and accelerated in the target thin film by the first light pressure, and after a certain time, the second light pressure is applied to the particles moving through the second laser beam to obtain additional energy. The time difference between the first light pressure and the second light pressure can be adjusted by adjusting the length of the optical path of the second laser beam. According to the present invention, since the energy of the particles generated by the first laser beam does not exceed the speed of light, the first accelerating particles can be influenced by the second light pressure by the second laser beam. That is, the acceleration energy due to the first light pressure by the first laser beam and the acceleration energy due to the second light pressure of the second laser beam are added to the particles to obtain high energy particles.
The particle acceleration method using a plurality of laser beams as described above can perform particle acceleration by three or more laser beams instead of two laser beams as an example. The number of laser beams used to accelerate the particles may vary depending on the amount of energy required for the particles.
5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an apparatus for accelerating particles based on a laser beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In Figure 5, a method for accelerating particles based on three beams is posted. In FIG. 5, for convenience of explanation, a method of accelerating particles based on three laser beams may be published, but particles may be accelerated by laser beams of three or more laser beams.
Referring to FIG. 5, an apparatus for accelerating particles based on a laser beam may include a first laser beam reflector, a second laser beam reflector, and a third laser beam reflector.
The first laser beam reflector may reflect the first laser beam to generate particles as the first accelerated particles by performing the operation as described above with reference to FIG.
Specifically, the
In addition, the second laser beam reflector may reflect the laser beam through the operation as described above with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 to generate particles as second accelerated particles.
The
Also, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a
In this way, an apparatus for accelerating particles based on a laser beam according to an embodiment of the present invention can implement three or more laser beam reflectors by implementing an additional laser beam reflector through beam separation.
6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an apparatus for accelerating particles based on a laser beam according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 6, the laser particle accelerator may include a
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It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be possible.
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Generating first accelerated particles by accelerating particles based on a first laser beam generated through a first laser reflector; And
And generating second accelerated particles by accelerating the first accelerated particles based on the second laser beam generated through the second laser reflecting portion,
Wherein the first laser beam and the second laser beam are separated by a first beam splitter.
Transmitting the first laser beam separated by the first beam splitter to a first reflector;
Transferring the first laser beam through the first mirror to a non-shrinking mirror; And
And focusing the first laser beam onto the thin film based on the non-shrinking reflector to generate the first accelerating particles by applying a first light pressure.
Transmitting the second laser beam separated by the first beam splitter to a second reflector;
Transferring the second laser beam to the position of the thin film through the second mirror, the third mirror, and the fourth mirror;
And applying a second light pressure based on the second laser beam to the first accelerating particle to generate the second accelerating particle. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 19 >
Further comprising the step of delivering said second accelerating particles to a tumor location,
Wherein the second laser reflector is configured such that the second laser beam reaches the position of the thin film later than the first laser beam and applies the second light pressure to the first accelerating particle,
Wherein the particle is a proton or an intruder.
And generating third accelerated particles by accelerating the second accelerated particles on the basis of the generated third laser beam based on the third laser reflecting portion,
And the third laser reflector is configured such that the third laser beam reaches the position of the thin film later than the second laser beam to apply the third light pressure to the second accelerating particles to generate the third accelerating particles Based on a plurality of laser beams.
Determining the number of laser beams to be generated according to the location of the tumor; And
Further comprising operating at least one laser reflector according to the determined number of laser beams,
Wherein the at least one laser reflector comprises the first laser reflector, the second laser reflector, and the third laser reflector.
A first laser reflector for generating a first laser beam for accelerating particles to generate first accelerated particles;
A second laser reflector for generating a second laser beam for accelerating the first accelerating particles to generate second accelerated particles; And
And a first beam splitter for separating one laser beam into the first laser beam and the second laser beam.
A first reflector for reflecting the first laser beam separated by the first beam splitter;
A specular reflector for receiving the first laser beam through the first reflector; And
And a thin film that generates the first accelerating particles based on the first light pressure by the first laser beam focused on the non-shrinking reflector.
A second reflector for reflecting the second laser beam separated by the beam splitter; And
And an additional reflector for reflecting the second laser beam and delivering the second laser beam to the position of the thin film,
And the second accelerating particles are generated by applying a second light pressure by the second laser beam to the first accelerating particles.
Wherein the particle accelerating device is adapted to transfer the second accelerating particles to a tumor location,
Wherein the second laser reflector is configured such that the second laser beam reaches the position of the thin film later than the first laser beam and applies the second light pressure to the first accelerating particle,
Wherein the particle is a proton or an intruder.
And a third laser reflector for generating a third laser beam for accelerating the second accelerating particles based on the third laser beam to generate third accelerated particles,
And the third laser reflector is configured such that the third laser beam reaches the position of the thin film later than the second laser beam and applies the third light pressure to the second accelerating particles to generate the third accelerating particles A particle accelerator based on a plurality of laser beams.
A driving laser determination unit for determining the number of laser beams to be generated according to the position of the tumor; And
And a laser beam generator for operating at least one laser reflector according to the determined number of laser beams,
Wherein the at least one laser reflector comprises the first laser reflector, the second laser reflector, and the third laser reflector.
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