Exploding metal film active anode source experiments on the LION extractor ion diode

Author

Rondeau ; Bordonaro ; Greenly, J.B. ; Hammer, D.A.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Plasma Studies, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

0-0 1989

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

69

Abstract

Summary Form only given, as follows. Results obtained with an extractor-geometry magnetically insulated ion diode on the 0.5 TW LION accelerator are reported. Experiments with an exploding metal film active anode plasma source (EMFAAPS) have shown that intense beams with significantly improved turn-on time compared to epoxy-filled-groove anodes can be produced. A new geometry, in which a plasma switch is used to provide the current path that explodes the thin-film anode, has improved the ion efficiency (to typically 70%) compared with the previous scheme in which an electron collector on the anode provided this current. Leakage electron current is reduced when no collector is used.<>

Keywords

plasma diagnostics; plasma diodes; plasma production; plasma switches; plasma transport processes; 0.5 TW; LION accelerator; current path; electron collector; epoxy-filled-groove anodes; exploding metal film active anode plasma source; extractor-geometry magnetically insulated ion diode; intense beams; ion efficiency; leakage electron current; plasma switch; turn-on time; Charge carrier processes; Diodes; Plasma devices; Plasma generation; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 1989. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1989 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Buffalo, NY, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.1989.166041

Filename

166041