Title :
Foil acceleration by pulsed ion beam ablation plasma and its applications
Author :
Yatsui, K. ; Shinkai, H. ; Jiang, W. ; Kagihiro, M. ; Harada, N.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Extremely High-Energy Density Res., Nagaoka Univ. of Technol., Niigata, Japan
Abstract :
The foil acceleration by ablation pressure produced by an intense, pulsed ion-beam interaction with targets has been studied. The experiments were carried out with ion beam energy densities of 100 J/cm/sup 2/ and 4.3 kJ/cm/sup 2/. The maximum foil velocity obtained by time-of-flight measurement was /spl sim/5.5 km/s, giving the estimated ablation pressure /spl sim/15 GPa.
Keywords :
exploding wires; ion beam applications; plasma pressure; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; 15 GPa; 5.5 km/s; ETIGO-II pulse generator; ablation pressure; foil acceleration; ion beam energy densities; pulsed ion beam ablation plasma; pulsed ion-beam interaction; time-of-flight measurement; Acceleration; Anodes; Cathodes; Diodes; Electrons; Insulation; Ion beams; Magnetic fields; Plasma accelerators; Plasma applications;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5498-2
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1999.825489