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 …

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 …

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 …

Compact sub-kilojoule range fast miniature plasma focus as portable neutron source

R Verma, MV Roshan, F Malik, P Lee… - Plasma Sources …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
As a first step toward the development of a compact and portable, quasi-continuous pulsed
neutron source, we have demonstrated a'fast miniature plasma focus (PF) device'as a …

An alternative scaling model for neutron production in Z-pinch devices

BL Bures, M Krishnan - Physics of Plasmas, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The DD neutron yield (Y n) from z-pinches, either dense plasma foci or fast radial pinches,
has been fitted for decades to the scaling model Y n∼ α (I max) δ, where α is a numerical …

Order of magnitude enhancement in neutron emission with deuterium-krypton admixture operation in miniature plasma focus device

R Verma, P Lee, S Lee, SV Springham, TL Tan… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of varied concentrations of deuterium-krypton (D 2–Kr) admixture on the neutron
emission of a fast miniature plasma focus device was investigated. It was found that a …

Measurement of the effective energy of pulsed X-rays emitted from a Mather-type plasma focus device

SM Miremad, BS Bidabadi - Applied radiation and isotopes, 2017 - Elsevier
The current study examined the effective energy of pulsed x-rays emitted from a Mather-type
plasma focus device with copper anodes at an energy range of 2–3 kJ using x-ray …

Multiferroic properties of Ba (FexTi1− x) O3 nanorods

J Kaur, RK Kotnala, KC Verma - Materials Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiferroic Ba (FexTi1− x) O3 (BFT) nanorods were prepared by a chemical route using
polyvinyl alcohol as surfactant. The presence of PVA in excess is responsible to convert …

Miniature plasma focus as a novel device for synthesis of soft magnetic FeCo thin films

ZY Pan, RS Rawat, R Verma, JJ Lin, H Yan… - Physics Letters A, 2010 - Elsevier
The Letter reports the first ever application of low energy miniature plasma focus device as a
deposition facility for nanostructured thin films. We demonstrate successful utilization of a …

Coded aperture imaging of fusion source in a plasma focus operated with pure D2 and a D2-Kr gas admixture

SV Springham, A Talebitaher, PME Shutler… - Applied Physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The coded aperture imaging (CAI) technique has been used to investigate the spatial
distribution of DD fusion in a 1.6 kJ plasma focus (PF) device operated in, alternatively, pure …