DEVELOPMENT OF A HYPERTHERMAL OXYGEN-ATOM GENERATOR

被引:7
作者
HOFLUND, GB [1 ]
DAVIDSON, MR [1 ]
OUTLAW, RA [1 ]
机构
[1] NASA,LANGLEY RES CTR,HAMPTON,VA 23665
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D O I
10.1002/sia.740190161
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A source that is compact, durable and mounts on a standard ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) flange has been developed for the generation of hyperthermal oxygen atoms. In this source oxygen atoms permeate through an Ag membrane held at 500-degrees-C and are then emitted toward the target from the vacuum side of the membrane by electron-stimulated desorption. The current prototype model generates useable 0-atom fluxes of approximately 10(12) atoms cm-2 s-1, and future modifications should increase this flux by 1-3 orders of magnitude. Based on the O+ energy distribution, the average 0 neutral energy is approximately 5 eV with a fairly broad distribution (full width at half-maximum approximately 3.6 eV). The information required for the development of this source and the design of the source are presented.
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页数:6
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