Abstract
Summary form only given. Intense relativistic electron beam generation studies were carried out in a planar diode configuration to investigate the effect of the plasma expansion on the impedance characteristics of the diode. The diode voltage and current waveforms were analyzed with the bipolar space-charge limited flow model. The anode and cathode plasma expansion velocities were calculated using the perveance data. The plasma expands at 9.5 cm/mus for 31 mm anode-cathode gap and the plasma velocity decreases for smaller gap. It was found that the electron emission is more uniform for 25 mm anode-cathode gap as compared to 31 mm gap. Effect of a nylon sheet on the anode plate has been studied with respect to the impedance characteristic of the diode. It was found that the plasma expand with a faster velocity in the presence of nylon sheet on anode.
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