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Characteristics of Resistance Triggering of a Pulsed Vacuum Arc Ion Source

  • Chao Hui Lan
  • , Ji Dong Long
  • , Le Zheng
  • , Pan Dong
  • , Zhen Yang
  • , Tao Wang
  • , Jie Li
  • China Academy of Engineering Physics

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Abstract

Triggering scheme is a significant factor that may influence the process of vacuum arc initiation. In this work, the characteristics of resistance triggering of a pulsed vacuum arc ion source are investigated and compared with the independent pulse generator triggering. The results show that although the resistance triggering method is capable of triggering a vacuum arc ion source by properly choosing the resistance and electric parameters, it inevitably increases the rise time of the arc current. A high speed multiframe camera is used to reveal the transition process of arc initiation during one shot.

Original languageEnglish
Article number095201
JournalChinese Physics Letters
Volume32
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2015
Externally publishedYes

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