The effects of transmission through a magnetic filter on the ion charge state distribution of a cathodic vacuum arc plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 193-198

  Bilek, M M M ^b,c   Brown, Ian G ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

90 filter; Filtered cathodic vacuum arc; Ion charge states; Time of flight spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FILTERS; PLASMA SOURCES;

CATHODIC VACUUM ARC PLASMA; ION CHARGE STATE DISTRIBUTION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0032631936     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.763115     Document Type: Article

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