A long pulse width and high extraction rate arc plasma electron beam source

Abstract

Based on the principle of vacuum arc discharge under magnetic field, a novel plasma cathode electron- beam source was designed. This device can be used to regulate electron-beam current so as to improve the extrication efficiency of electron beam through regulating the exciting current and thus controlling the density of the plasma electron beam source. Experiment results showed that the arc current change with the magnetic field, to be specific, the stronger the magnetic field was, the smaller the arc current will be, then the density of plasma that penetrated the anode hole to serve as electron beam will be higher. From this experiment, it can be seen that under the condition of 10⁻³ Pa air pressure, 100 V arc voltage, 30 A exciting current, we can obtain the electron beam of 40 ms pulse width, and 828 mA current in the extraction rate of 6.1%.