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Rev Sci Instrum
; 91(1): 013505, 2020 Jan 01.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32012626
RESUMO
A miniature sized duoplasmatron ion source mountable on a standard 34 mm diameter copper gasket flange was designed, and its performance was tested. A hollow cathode exited a stable discharge in the anode through a 3 mm diameter orifice of the intermediate electrode with less than 10 W discharge power for Ar. The extracted ion beam current was larger at a smaller discharge current and was maximum at 5 mA below, where the discharge became unstable. A Faraday cup located 200 mm downstream of the extractor detected 1 µA beam current at 5 mA discharge current with 390 V discharge voltage and 2 kV extraction potential. The source required higher discharge voltage for operation of hydrogen gas.