Design and analysis of a high-power electron beam source (>50 KW/cm 2) confined in a highly uniform magnetic field region

Khalid Masood, Junaid Zafar, Haroon Zafar

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Abstract

A directly heated line source emitter with beam power (>50 KW/cm 2) is developed. The emitter assembly design parameters and beam characteristics are analyzed using a highly uniform magnetically confined region. Circular cross-sectional tungsten cathodes of diameters 0.9 mm and 1.5 mm were used, and their results are compared. The developed emitter configuration ensures low angular divergence, millisecond evaporation time for large samples, operational reproducibility, and beam stability. The emitter source has been tested by experimentally developing extremely homogeneous magnetic field in large cylindrical region of more than one-half of the coil's diameter.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6161661
Pages (from-to)1064-1069
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume40
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2012

Keywords

  • Balancing parameters
  • beam power
  • emission current
  • magnetic confinement

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