Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: A technique to generate jets of pure Titanium plasma is presented. A Ti wire is exploded in an Alumina capillary sealed with 1 atm. of air inside. The generated plasma emerges from the capillary (to a high-vacuum environment) by ripping a thin Ti foil that seals one of the capillary ends. The generated plasma jets have a velocity of up to 4.5±0.5mm∕μs, an electron temperature of 1.5±0.5eV and an ion density of 2.7±1×1017∕cc. The plasma source was designed for a capillary discharge extreme ultraviolet laser experiment, but might also be useful to other application such as a target for Z-pinch experiments.
Source: Applied Physics Letters
DOI: 10.1063/1.2172298
Authors: M. Shuker, A. Ben-kish, A. Fisher, A. Ron
Institution: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1969723364