A LONG-PULSE 300 KEV ELECTRON-GUN WITH A PLASMA CATHODE FOR HIGH-PRESSURE GAS-LASERS

Authors
GIELKENS SWA PETERS PJM WITTEMAN WJ BOROVIKOV PV STEPANOV AV TSKHAI VN ZAVJALOV MA GUSHENETS VI KOVAL NN
Citation
Swa. Gielkens et al., A LONG-PULSE 300 KEV ELECTRON-GUN WITH A PLASMA CATHODE FOR HIGH-PRESSURE GAS-LASERS, Review of scientific instruments, 67(7), 1996, pp. 2449-2452
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Review of scientific instruments → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346748
Volume
67
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2449 - 2452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6748(1996)67:7<2449:AL3KEW>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The design and main features of a plasma cathode electron gun for high -pressure gas lasers are discussed. The mesh plasma cathode in combina tion with a low-pressure gas discharge was used for the formation of a large cross-section (55X4 cm(2)) electron beam with emission current densities up to 1.7 A/cm(2), accelerating voltages up to 300 kV, and a pulse length of 20 mu s (full width at half maximum). (C) 1996 Americ an Institute of Physics.