ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
Grid power loading in a multistage, multigrid accelerator was calorimetrically measured using the Japan Atomic Energy Institute 400 keV accelerator. This is the first result on the grid power loading in the multistage accelerator. It is turned out that the extracted electrons are effectively suppressed in an extractor. The leakage of the electrons extracted from the source plasma to the first acceleration grid, the second grid and the grounded grid were no more than 0.8%, 0.2%, and nearly zero of the extracted electron current, respectively. Under the optimum beam optics that gives the lowest beam divergence, the power loadings of the acceleration grids were dominated by acceleration of the stripped electrons. At a typical source operating pressure of 0.3 Pa, the power loadings of a first acceleration grid, a second acceleration grid, and a grounder grid were 3.4%, 5.0%, and 2.8% of the total beam power, respectively. From the comparison with the calculated grid power loading, it is found that the stripped electrons can be intercepted by intermediate acceleration grids before fully accelerated. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1148600
