Published August 15, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

High current ion source

  • 1. University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

Description

We describe a new kind of ion source using a metal vapor vacuum arc as the plasma formation mechanism. The source is simple and reliable and can produce long pulse intense ion beams from any solid electrically conducting material. Using a range of materials from lithium to uranium we have extracted low divergence beams with ion current up to 1 A

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
4
Series
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Page Range
358-360
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17004584
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
AMP BEAM CURRENTS; BEAM PRODUCTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FABRICATION; ION BEAMS; ION SOURCES; PLASMA PRODUCTION; SOLIDS
Descriptors DEC
BEAM CURRENTS; BEAMS; CURRENTS; DATA; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA