A long-pulse 300 keV electron gun with a plasma cathode for high-pressure gas lasers

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作者
Gielkens, SWA
Peters, PJM
Witteman, WJ
Borovikov, PV
Stepanov, AV
Tskhai, VN
Zavjalov, MA
Gushenets, VI
Koval, NN
机构
[1] ALL RUSSIAN ELECT TECH INST,MOSCOW 1112506,RUSSIA
[2] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI,INST HIGH CURRENT ELECTR,TOMSK 634055,RUSSIA
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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS | 1996年 / 67卷 / 07期
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10.1063/1.1147195
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
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0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The design and main features of a plasma cathode electron gun for high-pressure gas lasers are discussed. The mesh plasma cathode in combination 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 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:2449 / 2452
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