Sources of pulsed low-energy electron beams and soft X rays based on liquid-metal explosive-emission cathodes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 714-717

  Batrakov, Alexander V ^a   Popov, Sergey A ^a   Proskurovsky, Dmitry I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Explosive electron emission; Liquid metal cathodes; Pulsed electron beam; Pulsed x rays

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON TUBES; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; LIQUID METALS; X RAY PRODUCTION;

EXPLOSIVE ELECTRON EMISSION CATHODES; LIQUID METAL CATHODES;

ELECTRON SOURCES;

EID: 0031211785     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.640692     Document Type: Article

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