Dense plasma focus-from alternative fusion source to versatile high energy density plasma source for plasma nanotechnology

RS Rawat - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The dense plasma focus (DPF), a coaxial plasma gun, utilizes pulsed high current electrical
discharge to heat and compress the plasma to very high density and temperature with …

Research with plasma foci in countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America

AE Dubinov, EI Fomicheva, LA Senilov - Reviews of Modern Plasma …, 2020 - Springer
This paper considers the modern level of technique, research, and application of “plasma
focus” facilities in the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. A description of the …

Damage studies on tungsten due to helium ion irradiation

NJ Dutta, N Buzarbaruah, SR Mohanty - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Energetic and high fluence helium ions emitted in a plasma focus device have been used
successfully to study the radiation induced damage on tungsten. The reference and …

Plasma focus as a possible x-ray source for radiography

S Hussain, M Shafiq, R Ahmad… - Plasma Sources …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
A study of x-ray emission from a low energy (1.8 kJ) plasma focus (PF) device powered by a
9 µF capacitor bank, charged at 20 kV and giving peak discharge current of about 175 kA by …

Soft X-ray yield from NX2 plasma focus

S Lee, RS Rawat, P Lee, SH Saw - Journal of Applied Physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The Lee model code is used to compute neon soft x-ray yield Y sxr for the NX2 plasma focus
as a function of pressure. Comparison with measured Y sxr shows reasonable agreement in …

Effect of insulator sleeve length on soft x-ray emission from a neon-filled plasma focus device

RS Rawat, T Zhang, CBL Phua, JXY Then… - Plasma Sources …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Insulator sleeves of different lengths were used at the closed end of the coaxial electrode
assembly of the 3.3 kJ United Nation University-International Centre for Theoretical Physics …

The effect of anode shape on neon soft X-ray emissions and current sheath configuration in plasma focus device

MA Mohammadi, S Sobhanian, CS Wong… - Journal of Physics D …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of three different anode shapes, flat, tapered and hemispherical, on the x-ray
emission characteristics of a neon filled UNU–ICTP plasma focus device is investigated. The …

Effect of anode designs on ion emission characteristics of a plasma focus device

SR Mohanty, NK Neog, H Bhuyan… - Japanese journal of …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
A comparative study on the ion emission characteristics such as flux and energy, and their
variation in angular positions and operating gas pressures has been carried out in a …

Anode length optimization in a modified plasma focus device for optimal x-ray yields

NK Neog, SR Mohanty, E Hotta - Journal of applied physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of anode length and operating gas pressure on the x-ray emission from a nitrogen-
filling modified plasma focus device has been investigated. The time-resolved investigation …

Current sheath curvature correlation with the neon soft x-ray emission from plasma focus device

T Zhang, X Lin, KA Chandra, TL Tan… - Plasma Sources …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
The insulator sleeve length is one of the major parameters that can severely affect the neon
soft x-ray yield from a plasma focus. The effect of the insulation sleeve length on various …