Note: Arc discharge plasma source with plane segmented LaB6 cathode

T D Akhmetov; V I Davydenko; A A Ivanov; A Kreter; V V Mishagin; V Ya Savkin; G I Shulzhenko; B Unterberg

doi:10.1063/1.4950903

Note: Arc discharge plasma source with plane segmented LaB6 cathode

Rev Sci Instrum. 2016 May;87(5):056106. doi: 10.1063/1.4950903.

Authors

T D Akhmetov¹, V I Davydenko¹, A A Ivanov¹, A Kreter², V V Mishagin¹, V Ya Savkin¹, G I Shulzhenko¹, B Unterberg²

Affiliations

¹ Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, 11 Lavrentieva Prospect, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.
² Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung-Plasmaphysik, 52425 Jülich, Germany.

PMID: 27250481
DOI: 10.1063/1.4950903

Abstract

A plane cathode composed of close-packed hexagonal LaB6 (lanthanum hexaboride) segments is described. The 6 cm diameter circular cathode is heated by radiation from a graphite foil flat spiral. The cathode along with a hollow copper anode is used for the arc discharge plasma production in a newly developed linear plasma device. A separately powered coil located around the anode is used to change the magnetic field strength and geometry in the anode region. Different discharge regimes were realized using this coil.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't