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Plasma-filled diode with a rod anode for repetitive pulsed X-ray sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2016

B.M. Kovalchuk ,
A.A. Zherlitsyn  and
N.V. Tsoy
B.M. Kovalchuk
Affiliation:
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Science, Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Russia
A.A. Zherlitsyn*
Affiliation:
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Science, Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Russia Department of High Voltage Electrophysics and High Current Electronics, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia
N.V. Tsoy
Affiliation:
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Science, Institute of High Current Electronics, Tomsk, Russia
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: A.A. Zherlitsyn, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Science, Institute of High Current Electronics, 2/3 Academichesky Avenue, 634055, Tomsk, Russia. E-mail: andzh@oit.hcei.tsc.ru
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Abstract

The paper presents a cylindrical diode with a rod anode for repetitive pulsed intense X-ray sources. The diode uses a massive anode of diameter 1 cm, thus increasing the lifetime of the energy converter. The diode gap is preliminary filled with ions produced by cathode flare in a vacuum discharge, allowing electron beam pinching at a voltage of <200 kV. In the mode of pinching, the diode is an efficient source of high-power X rays. At a distance of 20 cm from the X-ray source, the radiation dose per pulse is 0.4 R at a peak power of 7 × 106 R/s. The full-width at half-maximum of the radiation pulse is 40 ns. The power in the diode is 1.8 GW at a beam current of 10 kA and exceeds the maximum power of the generator operating onto a matched load with constant resistance.

Keywords

Beam generationPlasma-filled diodeX ray
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , December 2016 , pp. 631 - 636
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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