Results of vacuum cleaning techniques on the performance of lif field-threshold ion sources on extraction applied-B ion diodes at 1-10 TW

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-251

  Cuneo, Michael E ^a   Menge, Peter R ^a   Hanson, David L ^a   Fowler, William E ^a   Bernard, Michael A ^a   Ziska, Gerold R ^a   Filuk, Alex B ^a   Pointon, Timothy D ^a   Vesey, Roger A ^a   Welch, Dale R ^a   Bailey, James E ^a   Desjarlais, Michael P ^a   Lockner, Thomas R ^a   Mehlhorn, Thomas A ^a   Slutz, Steven A ^a   Stark, Michael A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; GOLD; INORGANIC COATINGS; ION BEAMS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DIODES; SURFACE CLEANING; TANTALUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

FIELD THRESHOLD ION SOURCES; ION DIODES; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; VACUUM CLEANING;

ION SOURCES;

EID: 0031125605     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602495     Document Type: Article

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