Detector and energy analyzer for energetic-hydrogen in beams and plasmas
Abstract
A detector for detecting energetic hydrogen ions and atoms ranging in energy from about 1 eV up to 1 keV in an evacuated environment includes a Schottky diode with a palladium or palladium-alloy gate metal applied to a silicon-dioxide layer on an n-silicon substrate. An array of the energetic-hydrogen detectors having a range of energy sensitivities form a plasma energy analyzer having a rapid response time and a sensitivity for measuring fluxes of energetic hydrogen. The detector is sensitive to hydrogen and its isotopes but is insensitive to non-hydrogenic particles. The array of energetic-hydrogen detectors can be formed on a single silicon chip, with thin-film layers of gold metal applied in various thicknesses to successive detectors in the array. The gold layers serve as particle energy-filters so that each detector is sensitive to a different range of hydrogen energies. 4 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7068106
- Patent Number(s):
- 4782302
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 6-925590
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 31 Oct 1986
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; BEAM ANALYZERS; HYDROGEN; DETECTION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SENSITIVITY; VACUUM SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS; ISOTOPES; NONMETALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; 430300* - Particle Accelerators- Auxiliaries & Components; 700320 - Plasma Diagnostic Techniques & Instrumentation- (1992-)
Citation Formats
Bastasz, R J, Hughes, R C, and Wampler, W R. Detector and energy analyzer for energetic-hydrogen in beams and plasmas. United States: N. p., 1988.
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Bastasz, R J, Hughes, R C, & Wampler, W R. Detector and energy analyzer for energetic-hydrogen in beams and plasmas. United States.
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"Detector and energy analyzer for energetic-hydrogen in beams and plasmas". United States.
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title = {Detector and energy analyzer for energetic-hydrogen in beams and plasmas},
author = {Bastasz, R J and Hughes, R C and Wampler, W R},
abstractNote = {A detector for detecting energetic hydrogen ions and atoms ranging in energy from about 1 eV up to 1 keV in an evacuated environment includes a Schottky diode with a palladium or palladium-alloy gate metal applied to a silicon-dioxide layer on an n-silicon substrate. An array of the energetic-hydrogen detectors having a range of energy sensitivities form a plasma energy analyzer having a rapid response time and a sensitivity for measuring fluxes of energetic hydrogen. The detector is sensitive to hydrogen and its isotopes but is insensitive to non-hydrogenic particles. The array of energetic-hydrogen detectors can be formed on a single silicon chip, with thin-film layers of gold metal applied in various thicknesses to successive detectors in the array. The gold layers serve as particle energy-filters so that each detector is sensitive to a different range of hydrogen energies. 4 figs.},
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year = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
month = {Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988}
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