• DocumentCode
    1452424
  • Title

    Electron beam extraction from a broad-beam vacuum-arc metal plasma source

  • Author

    Oks, Efim M. ; Brown, Ian G.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of High-Current Electron., Acad. of Sci., Tomsk, Russia
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    10/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1562
  • Lastpage
    1565
  • Abstract
    We describe experiments demonstrating the formation of a high current electron beam from a vacuum arc plasma. A preexisting vacuum arc ion source was used, with the extraction voltage reversed in polarity so as to form an electron beam rather than an ion beam; no other changes were required. The beam formed was of energy up to 33 keV, beam current up to 70 A, beam diameter about 10 cm, pulse width 500 μs, and energy density up to 25 J/cm2. This kind of source can be used for material surface modification
  • Keywords
    electron beams; plasma production; vacuum arcs; 33 keV; 70 A; broad-beam vacuum-arc metal plasma source; electron beam extraction; energy density; high current electron beam; material surface modification; preexisting vacuum arc ion source; Cathodes; Electron beams; Ion sources; Plasma density; Plasma immersion ion implantation; Plasma materials processing; Plasma sources; Structural beams; Surface resistance; Vacuum arcs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/27.736062
  • Filename
    736062
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1452424