High intensity, low ion energy beams of metals and gases for ion beam modification of materials / Tamara Koval, Alexander Ryabchikov, Anna Ivanova, Denis Sivin, Alexey Shevelev, Sergey Kuligin

Секция 6. Современное оборудование и технологииПроведено экспериментальное и теоретическое исследование влияния параметров плазмы и частотно- импульсных характеристик потенциала смещения на формирование, транспортировку и фокусировку ионных пучков титана и азота высокой интенсивности (с плотностью ионного тока свыше 1 A/см2 и импульсной плотностью мощности 2.6 кВт/см2). Показано существенное влияние длительности импульса смещения на формирование ионного пучка и концентрации плазмы в пространстве дрейфа пучка на распределение и величину ионного тока на коллекторе = This investigation presents the results of the development of a vacuum arc discharge-based repetitively pulsed high-current low-energy ion beam formation for material surface modification. A DC vacuum arc was used to produce a metal plasma flow. A plasma immersion approach was used for high-frequency short-pulse metal ion beam formation. A grid hemisphere with radii of 5, 7.5 or 10.5 cm was immersed in a titanium vacuum-arc plasma. Bias pulses with an amplitude in the range of 1–2.6 kV, pulse duration in the range of 2–8 μs, and pulse repetition rate of 105 pulses per second were applied to the grid. A repetitively pulsed mode of negative bias formation provided a possibility to increase the amplitude of bias up to several kilovolts and to focus ion beams with ion space charge neutralisation. The influence of bias pulse amplitude and duration on the parameters of formed ion beams was investigated. Titanium ion beams with a current density of more than 1 A/cm2 and a pulsed ion beam power density up to 2.6 kW/cm2 were obtained. The possibility of macroparticle-free high-intensity ion beam formation for surface modification of materials was demonstrated. Experimental and theoretical studies have shown that the duration of the bias pulse and the plasma density in the drift space of the beam significantly affect the ion beam transportation and the current density at the collecto