Title :
Observations of Light Emission From the Surface of the Paraxial Diode Cathode Fielded on the Superswarf 5-MV Pulsed Power Accelerator
Author :
Cooper, Graham ; McLean, John ; Martin, Philip ; Davitt, Rick ; Stuart, Kevin
Author_Institution :
Pulsed Power Group, Atomic Weapons Establ., Reading
Abstract :
Light from the region around a cathode in a radiographic diode, used for the generation of X-rays, was imaged using a gated camera array. Optical images of the resulting plasma are presented in this paper.
Keywords :
cathodes; plasma X-ray sources; plasma diodes; X-ray generation; gated camera array; light emission; paraxial diode cathode; radiographic diode; superswarf pulsed power accelerator; voltage 5 MV; Emission; X-ray production;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2008.925720
