Title :
Improvement of the TOF measurement for impulse vacuum arc metal ions
Author :
Tsuruta, K. ; Manabe, Yusuke ; Yanagidaira, Takeshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given, as follows. The time of flight method in the form of ion acceleration by a negative square pulse is employed for the measurement of the metal ions generated from impulse vacuum arcs of metal electrodes with duration of 13 /spl mu/s and 40 /spl mu/s.
Keywords :
ion accelerators; ion sources; time of flight spectra; vacuum arcs; 13 mus; 40 mus; TOF measurement improvement; impulse vacuum arc metal ions; ion acceleration; metal electrodes; negative square pulse; time of flight method; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Current measurement; Electrons; Laser beams; Laser theory; Pulse measurements; Surface emitting lasers; Vacuum arcs; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2003. ICOPS 2003. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 30th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju, South Korea
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7911-X
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2003.1228704