In order to apply a sheet plasma type of volume produced H
-, D
- ion source to injection of proton accelerators and neutral beam injection of thermo-nuclear fusion researches, a large sheet plasma of width 2025 cm and length 30 cm is produced in the discharge current of 175 A, H
2 or D
2 gas pressure of about 2.5×10
-3 Torr and gas flow of (2.02.5) Torr
l/sec in magnetic field of (60110) gauss.
Thus, H
- or D
- ion currents are extracted in current densities up to 19 mA/cm
2 or 16 mA respectively, which are uniform within 10% over the large area (above 250 cm
2) of the sheet plasma surface, and for the acceleration voltage up to 4.5 kV.
Electron current accelerated with H
- or D
- ions becomes neglisible beyond a distance of 2cm from the final acceleration electrode.
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