Title :
Microsecond-Pulsed Ion Beam from a Marx Generator
Author :
Robertson, Scott ; Wickham, Michael
fDate :
3/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We have maintained Langmuir-Child bipolar flow at a peak voltage of 650 kV in a vacuum diode for 1 ¿s without gap closure or electrical breakdown of the diode insulator. An ion current of > 300 A (> 7.5 A/cm2) was extracted from the diode in a beam having a large component of divergence < 10-2 rad.
Keywords :
Breakdown voltage; Diodes; Fusion power generation; Heating; Insulation; Ion beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma sources; Pulse generation; Vacuum breakdown;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.1979.4317187
