Affiliations 

  • 1 Plasma Technology Research Center, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ; Department of Physics, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, 45320 Islamabad, Pakistan
  • 2 Plasma Technology Research Center, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ScientificWorldJournal, 2014;2014:240729.
PMID: 25544952 DOI: 10.1155/2014/240729

Abstract

A low-energy plasma focus device was used as an electron beam source. A technique was developed to simultaneously measure the electron beam intensity and energy. The system was operated in Argon filling at an optimum pressure of 1.7 mbar. A Faraday cup was used together with an array of filtered PIN diodes. The beam-target X-rays were registered through X-ray spectrometry. Copper and lead line radiations were registered upon usage as targets. The maximum electron beam charge and density were estimated to be 0.31 μC and 13.5 × 10(16)/m(3), respectively. The average energy of the electron beam was 500 keV. The high flux of the electron beam can be potentially applicable in material sciences.

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