ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
A plasma source based on an inductive breakdown of a supersonic gas puff is described. The source was developed to provide an anode plasma for an annular, extraction geometry, magnetically insulated ion diode. In this source, plasmas with densities of 1013 cm−3 were generated and accelerated to velocities of 20–30 cm/μs; plasma fluxes of 10–40 A/cm2 were obtained. Operating the source under the diode insulating field effect, plasma fluxes above 100 A/cm2 were observed. When the plasma source was used in conjunction with a magnetically insulated diode gap, intense ion beams with proton fluxes of more than 100 A/cm2, energies of 100 keV, and beam pulses longer than 1 μs were extracted.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1144412
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