DocumentCode
799995
Title
High Current Pulsed Electron Beam Generator
Author
Smith, I. ; Champney, P. ; Hatch, L. ; Nielsen, K. ; Shope, S.
Author_Institution
Physics International Company San Leandro, California
Volume
18
Issue
3
fYear
1971
fDate
6/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
491
Lastpage
492
Abstract
A review is given of a simple and economical method of generating high current electron beams in the range of a few hundred kiloamperes to multi-megamperes at voltages of from 100 kV to 1 MV. Mylar dielectric parallel plate transmission lines, switched with either solid dielectric spark gaps or gas spark gaps constitute the pulse forming network. Several such generators have been built that feed a 50 nsec width pulse through a low inductance insulator/vacuum interface to a field emission diode. The electron beam is generated in the diode region and accelerated through a thin window into a drift chamber. One such generator is described in detail.
Keywords
Dielectrics; Diodes; Electron beams; Feeds; Pulse generation; Solids; Space vector pulse width modulation; Spark gaps; Transmission lines; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1971.4326096
Filename
4326096
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