SOURCES OF PULSED LOW-ENERGY-ELECTRON BEAMS AND SOFT X-RAYS BASED ON LIQUID-METAL EXPLOSIVE-EMISSION CATHODES

Authors
BATRAKOV AV POPOV SA PROSKUROVSKY DI
Citation
Av. Batrakov et al., SOURCES OF PULSED LOW-ENERGY-ELECTRON BEAMS AND SOFT X-RAYS BASED ON LIQUID-METAL EXPLOSIVE-EMISSION CATHODES, IEEE transactions on plasma science, 25(4), 1997, pp. 714-717
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
IEEE transactions on plasma science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00933813
Volume
25
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
714 - 717
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-3813(1997)25:4<714:SOPLBA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
This paper describes a pulsed electron beam source with a liquid-metal cathode operating in the explosive-electron-emission mode, The operat ing voltage range of the source is 10-40 kV, The operating frequency o f the cathode is up to 1500 Hz. The device can be used as a point elec tron source in various electronic tubes and as an element of a multi-e mitter electron source producing a large-cross-section electron flow.