Title :
Generation and transport of pulsed intense electron beams of microsecond duration
Author :
Engelko, Vladimir ; Mueller, Georg
Author_Institution :
Efremov Insitute of Electrophys. Apparatus, St. Petersburg
Abstract :
A review of investigations on generation and transport of pulsed intense electron beams of microsecond duration is presented. For production of the beams multipoint explosive emission cathodes are used. The cathode design allows to produce homogeneous and stable plasma layers of different geometry with an area of up to 104 cm2. By using the multipoint cathodes planar, cylindrical, tubular and radial electron beams were produced. Investigation of the electron beams generation, transport in vacuum and interaction with different target materials are described. Examples of microsecond intense electron beams applications are given.
Keywords :
cathodes; electron beam effects; electron beams; plasma applications; plasma transport processes; cylindrical electron beams; electron beam vacuum transport; homogeneous stable plasma layer production; intense microsecond electron beams; intense pulsed electron beam generation; intense pulsed electron beam transport; multipoint explosive emission cathodes; planar electron beams; radial electron beams; tubular electron beams; Cathodes; Electron beams; Explosives; Geometry; Plasma applications; Plasma materials processing; Plasma stability; Plasma transport processes; Production; Pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Karlsruhe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1929-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4590788
