Measurements of the total ion flux from vacuum arc cathode spots

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1532-1536

  Anders, André ^a   Oks, Efim M ^b   Yushkov, George Yu ^b   Savkin, Konstantin P ^b   Brown, Ian G ^a   Nikolaev, Alexey G ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cathodic vacuum arcs; Ion current; Ion erosion rates; Ion flux

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ION SOURCES; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CATHODIC VACUUM ARCS; ION CURRENT; ION EROSION RATES; ION FLUX;

PLASMAS;

EID: 27644468425     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.856502     Document Type: Article

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