Measurement of total ion current from vacuum arc plasma sources

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Oks, E M ^a   Savkin, K P ^a   Yushkov, G Yu ^a   Nikolaev, A G ^a   Anders, A ^b   Brown, I G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC TRANSPARENCY; HEMISPHERICAL MESH ANODE; ION CHARGE STATES; LOW COHESIVE ENERGY;

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA SOURCES; VACUUM;

ION SOURCES;

EID: 33645819403     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2164967     Document Type: Article

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