SOURCES OF PULSED LOW-ENERGY-ELECTRON BEAMS BASED ON THE EXPLOSIVE-EMISSION LIQUID-METAL CATHODES

Citation
Av. Batrakov et al., SOURCES OF PULSED LOW-ENERGY-ELECTRON BEAMS BASED ON THE EXPLOSIVE-EMISSION LIQUID-METAL CATHODES, Instruments and experimental techniques, 39(2), 1996, pp. 252-256
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Instument & Instrumentation",Engineering
ISSN journal
00204412
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
252 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-4412(1996)39:2<252:SOPLBB>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A pulsed electron source employing a liquid-metal cathode and operatin g in the explosive electron-emission mode is described. The source ope rates over a voltage range of 10 to 40 kV. The cathode operating frequ ency reaches 1500 Hz. The source can be used both as a point emitter i n various vacuum-tube devices and as an element of the multi-emitter s ource with a large cross-sectional area of electron flux.