Published April 1, 1990
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Journal article
Operation of a bidirectional voltage-dividing bremsstrahlung diode
Creators
- 1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (USA)
Description
Operation of a new type of high-power electron diode, the bidirectional voltage-dividing (BVD) diode, has been demonstrated on a 1-MV, 2.5-MA, 20-ns accelerator. This diode consists of a forward- and an inverse-triaxial diode in series. The diode impedance and electron flow pattern agreed reasonably well with particle-in-cell code calculations. The radiation spectrum was measured using two different diagnostics, a differential absorption spectrometer and the time-projection Compton spectrometer. Operating at a voltage of 850--1000 kV, the BVD diode produced a bremsstrahlung spectrum similar to that produced by a standard diode operating at 350--500 kV
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Journal Volume
- 67
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Series
- J. Appl. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 3233-3242
- ISSN
- 0021-8979
- CODEN
- JAPIA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21058822
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCELERATORS; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; COMPTON SPECTROMETERS; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; DIODE TUBES; OPERATION; X-RAY SOURCES
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON TUBES; GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; SPECTROMETERS