• DocumentCode
    1177996
  • Title

    High-frequency parametric excitation of electrohydrodynamic instabilities: applications to large-area ion sources

  • Author

    Pregenzer, Arian L.

  • Author_Institution
    US DOE, Washington, DC, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    10/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    860
  • Lastpage
    861
  • Abstract
    Recent experimental and theoretical work has shown that high-frequency microwave sources can excite electrohydrodynamic instabilities on liquid metal surfaces through parametric resonance. It is shown that parametric resonance may be useful in two-dimensional ion source experiments by reducing the value of the electric field required to produce instabilities leading to ion emission
  • Keywords
    electric field effects; electrohydrodynamics; flow instability; ion sources; liquid metals; electric field; electrohydrodynamic instabilities; high-frequency microwave sources; large-area ion sources; liquid metal surfaces; parametric excitation; parametric resonance; two-dimensional ion source; Cathodes; Diodes; Electrohydrodynamics; Electron emission; Equations; Ion emission; Ion sources; Laboratories; Resonance; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/27.108425
  • Filename
    108425