ELECTRON SOURCE

摘要

The invention concerns a source supplying an adjustable energy electron beam, comprising a plasma chamber (P) consisting of an enclosure (1) having an inner surface of a first value (S1) and an extraction gate (2) having a surface of a second value (S2), the gate potential being different from that of the enclosure and adjustable. The invention is characterized in that the plasma is excited and confined in multipolar or multidipolar magnetic structures, the ratio of the second value (S2) over the first value (S1) being close to: D = 1/ beta 2ROOT 2 pi me/mi exp (-1/2), wherein: beta is the proportion of electrons of the plasma P, me the electron mass, and mi is the mass of positively charged ions.