'Triggerless' triggering of vacuum arcs

被引：98

作者：

Anders, A ^{[1
]}

Brown, IG ^{[1
]}

MacGill, RA ^{[1
]}

Dickinson, MR ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS | 1998年 / 31卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1088/0022-3727/31/5/015

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

Vacuum arcs can be initiated without external means of power enhancement at the cathode surface (by using a high-voltage trigger, laser triggering, and so on). Are initiation by simply applying the relatively low voltage of the are power supply is possible if the cathode-anode-separating insulator is coated with a conducting layer and the current at the layer-cathode interface is concentrated at one or a few contact points. The local power density at these contact points can exceed 10(16) W m(-3) which is sufficient for plasma production and thus are initiation. This 'triggerless' principle has been tested successfully with a large number of cathode materials. One extended test was performed with titanium and more than 10(6) pulsed vacuum are initiations have been obtained.

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页码：584 / 587

页数：4

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