Visualization of Trajectories of Electron Beams Emitted by an Ion Source With Closed Electron Drift

Author

Bordenjuk, Ivan V. ; Panchenko, Oleg A. ; Sologub, Sergei V. ; Brown, Ian G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Nat. Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine, Kiev

Volume

36

Issue

4

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1226

Lastpage

1227

Abstract

In this paper, trajectories of electron beams emitted by an ion source with an anode layer and Hall-electron closed-drift orbits were visualized using light emission from a working gas excited by the electrons. A gas discharge, of the magnetron type and occurring in the beam drift region due the influence of the electric field of the target bias potential, was visualized.

Keywords

discharges (electric); electron beams; ion sources; plasma diagnostics; plasma sources; Hall ion thruster; Hall-electron closed-drift orbits; anode layer; beam neutralization; closed electron drift; electron beam visualization; electron beams; gas discharge; ion beams; ion source; light emission; magnetron type; Acceleration; Anodes; Electron beams; Electron emission; Ion beams; Ion sources; Magnetic fields; Magnetic separation; Surface cleaning; Visualization; Beam neutralization; Hall ion thruster; electron beam visualization; electron beams; ion beams; ion sources; light emission; magnetron ion source;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2008.925690

Filename

4598935