Inverse time-of-flight spectrometer for beam plasma research

Yu G Yushkov; E M Oks; D B Zolotukhin; A V Tyunkov; K P Savkin

doi:10.1063/1.4893651

Inverse time-of-flight spectrometer for beam plasma research

Rev Sci Instrum. 2014 Aug;85(8):083306. doi: 10.1063/1.4893651.

Authors

Yu G Yushkov¹, E M Oks¹, D B Zolotukhin¹, A V Tyunkov¹, K P Savkin²

Affiliations

¹ Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics, 40 Lenin Ave., Tomsk 634050, Russia.
² Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS, 2/3, Akademichesky Ave., Tomsk 634055, Russia.

PMID: 25173261
DOI: 10.1063/1.4893651

Abstract

The paper describes the design and principle of operation of an inverse time-of-flight spectrometer for research in the plasma produced by an electron beam in the forevacuum pressure range (5-20 Pa). In the spectrometer, the deflecting plates as well as the drift tube and the primary ion beam measuring system are at high potential with respect to ground. This provides the possibility to measure the mass-charge constitution of the plasma created by a continuous electron beam with a current of up to 300 mA and electron energy of up to 20 keV at forevacuum pressures in the chamber placed at ground potential. Research results on the mass-charge state of the beam plasma are presented and analyzed.