Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 55, Issue 5, 051202(2018)

Influence of Accelerator Grid Voltage on Grid Performance of Dual Stage Ion Optical System

Lianjun Jia*, Tianping Zhang, Mingzheng Liu, Juanjuan Chen, and Yanhui Jia
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  • Science and Technology on Vacuum Technology and Physics Laboratory, Lanzhou Institute of Physics, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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    Figures & Tables(12)
    Calculation area and boundary conditions
    Flow chart of simulation calculation
    Equipotential line graph under different accelerator grid voltages. (a) -150 V; (b) -180 V; (c) -200 V;(d) -250 V; (e) -300 V
    Space position distribution of beam ions. (a) -300 V; (b) -250 V; (c) -200 V; (d) -180 V; (e) -150 V
    Effect of accelerator grid voltage on beam divergence angle
    Effect of accelerator grid voltage on impingement CEX ion number. (a) -150 V; (b) -180 V; (c) -200 V; (d) -250 V; (e) -300 V
    Effect of acceleration grid voltage on impingement CEX ion current. (a) Wall of hole; (b) upstream and downstream surface of accelerator grid
    (a) Sputtering yield and (b) sputtering rate under different accelerator grid voltages
    Beam flow photo with the accelerator grid voltage of -250 V
    • Table 1. Screen grid geometrical parameters and beam current of duel stage accelerating ion optical system

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      Table 1. Screen grid geometrical parameters and beam current of duel stage accelerating ion optical system

      Screen grid apertureradius /mmExtraction grid apertureradius /mmExtraction stagegap /mmAccelerator grid apertureradius /mmBeamcurrent /mA
      1.00.71.00.7100
    • Table 2. Operating parameters of duel stage accelerating ion thruster

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      Table 2. Operating parameters of duel stage accelerating ion thruster

      Screengrid voltage /VExtractiongrid voltage /VAccelerator gridvoltage /VAnode propellant massflow rate /(mg·s-1)Cathodes propellant massflow rate /(mg·s-1)
      68204820-150, -180, -200,-250, -3000.20.05
    • Table 3. Simulation results of acceleration grid impingement CEX ion in the hole wall

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      Table 3. Simulation results of acceleration grid impingement CEX ion in the hole wall

      Accelerator gridvoltage /VImpingement CEXion numberCEX ion averageenergy /eVPercent of CEX ion with energyover 1 keV /%
      -1502774950615.6
      -1802805150515.3
      -2002817650415.3
      -2502781550415.1
      -3002976450816.0
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    Lianjun Jia, Tianping Zhang, Mingzheng Liu, Juanjuan Chen, Yanhui Jia. Influence of Accelerator Grid Voltage on Grid Performance of Dual Stage Ion Optical System[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(5): 051202

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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology

    Received: Nov. 8, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 11, 2018

    The Author Email: Lianjun Jia (jlj1323962@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP55.051202

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