Cathode and Hibachi Development on Electra
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Cathode and Hibachi Development on Electra
Cathode and Hibachi Development on Electra Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division Electra title page Matt Myers Naval Research Laboratory Code 6733 [email protected] Electra is a repetitively pulsed KrF laser that will be used to develop the technology required for an Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) power plant ELECTRA The cathode must meet IFE requirements for efficiency and durability while pumping the laser gas uniformly ELECTRA • Turn-on time: τrise < 40 ns – Over heating of anode foil heating by low energy electrons – ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) may result in laser pre-pulse • Gap Closure: must sustain a flat-top voltage pulse for ~600 ns – – – – Need to be in this regime to satisfy IFE requirements of energy on target Pulse must be flat-topped to avoid uneven pumping of laser gas If voltage droops anode foil may be overheated by low energy electrons Poor efficiency • Uniformity: variation in Jbeam < 10% – Local overheating of anode foil – Non-uniform pumping may result in spatial non-uniformity in laser pulse • Longevity: 3 x 108 shots continuous at 5 Hz (2 years) – IFE requirements for reliability and maintenance – Rep-rated experiments presently limited by insufficient shielding of “sky shine” radiation We have looked at 17 types of cathodes/materials ELECTRA •Dielectric Fiber -Double Velvet -Other Velvets -Glass •Carbon -Fiber -Cloth -Foam 100 ppi -Foam 500 ppi -Flock (2%) •Metal/Dielectric -Ceramic/Honeycomb -RHEPP -Fine scale RHEPP •Patched Cathodes -Silicon Carbide -Carbon/Carbon Fiber -Diamond-like Carbon •CsI Coated Patches -Double Velvet -Carbon/Carbon ESLI -Silicon Carbide Experimental Standards ELECTRA • Beam nominally Vdiode=500 kV, Idiode=90-100 kA, Tpulse= 100 ns flat-top • External magnetic field, Bext~1.4 kG • Initial diode pressure (8 inch Cryo-pump), Pdiode ≤ 8E-6 T • AK gap is ~5.2 cm • Anode is aluminum (1 mil foil, 1 mil aluminized Kapton, or cooled Al plate) • For these experiments all cathodes are 27 cm x 97 cm Diagnostics Vdiode capacitive probe Idiode Rogowski ELECTRA 4-frame GOI (time-resolved uniformity) scintillator Jbeam Faraday cup Ebeam B-dot array Pdiode(t) cold cathode gauge radiachromic film (time-int. uniformity) Comparison of Turn-On Times ELECTRA normalized diode current 0 -2 Double Velvet Glass Fiber Carbon Flock 2% Carbon Fiber Carbon Foam 100 ppi Carbon Cloth RHEPP Honeycomb/Ceramic -4 -6 -8 -10 0 20 40 60 80 time (ns) •Dielectric fiber cathodes exhibit fast turn-on. •Carbon Flock, Carbon Fiber, and RHEPP metal/dielectric turn-on is marginal. Comparison of Diode Impedance History ELECTRA normalized diode impedance 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 100 ns into current pulse Double Velvet Carbon Flock 2% Carbon Fiber RHEPP 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 diode current 0.5 time (20ns/div) •Velvet cathode impedance history is the standard for comparison. •Carbon Flock and Carbon Fiber look promising. Comparison of Uniformity and Longevity ELECTRA UNIFORMITY CATHODE Double Velvet Glass Fiber Carbon Flock (ESLI) Carbon Fiber (Eusebio) Carbon Foam (100 ppi) Carbon Cloth RHEPP Fine Scale RHEPP Honeycomb/Ceramic Current Density Variation (rad. film) 6% 25% 15% 41% 19% 57% 50% 25% 32% LONGEVITY Change in V or I Pressure @ end of No. Shots first-last ? run 500 No 2.00E-04 …. …. …. 3365 Slight 2.30E-05 3100 No 2.20E-05 …. …. …. …. …. …. 300 Slight 2.00E-05 …. …. …. …. …. …. • Velvet is standard for uniformity but not expected to meet longevity requirements • Carbon flock uniformity and longevity promising out to ~3000 shots at 5 Hz. Turn-on slightly improved with number of shots. • Carbon fiber longevity okay out to ~3000 shots at 5 Hz. • RHEPP longevity for short pulses is established. Promising for “patterned” beam schemes NRL Velvet Cathode ELECTRA • Standard velvet (Eagle brand, double velvet, superfine quality) – 18 µm fiber diameter, 4.4% volume coverage Velvet : Turn-on and Gap Closure 10 ELECTRA 40 ns 10-90% rise 8 6 Vd (1.0e05) Id (1.0e04) Zdiode (5.0e00) 4 2 diode impedance ~5.5 Ω 0 time (20 ns/div) Velvet : Single Shot, Time Integrated Uniformity ELECTRA 1mm bandout 1 cm/div current density (A/cm2) (A/cm2) 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 current density (A/cm2) Distance (1 cm/div) 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 horizontal distance (1 cm/div) 1 cm/div JAVE=33.1 A/cm2 JSTDEV=1.3 A/cm2 (4%) Velvet : Single Shot, Time Resolved Uniformity ELECTRA GOI Frame 1 2.0 raw intensity 250 0.0 200 150 100 50 0 200-250 150-200 100-150 50-100 0-50 izstack2t (5.0e03) goi1t (1.0e00) goi3t (1.0e00) -2.0 -4.0 -6.0 -8.0 3800 3900 time (ns) • Direct illumination of scintillator: EJ-212 w/ honeycomb • 2 ns gate, gain=3, tpulse= 65 ns • 100 x 50 pixel bandout: INTmean=131, INTstdev=8.2 (6%) • Faraday Cup Data: Jmean=31.0 A/cm2, Jstdev=1.98 A/cm2 (6.3%) 4000 Velvet: Longevity ELECTRA 1.0 • Diode voltage and impedance unchanged after 500 shots at 5 Hz Vdiode (1E5 Volts) 0.0 -1.0 -2.0 2nd Shot 500th Shot -3.0 -4.0 • Not expected to meet longevity requirements -5.0 -6.0 3700 • Cathode turn-on unchanged at 500 shots 3800 3900 4000 time (ns) pressure (Torr) 1.E-03 500 shots •Diode vacuum reaches ~ 2E-4 Torr and stabilizes 1.E-04 •Uniformity at 500 shots: unknown 1.E-05 1.E-06 time (50 sec/div) Carbon Flock (2%) Cathode • Energy Science Laboratories Inc. (San Diego, CA): ELECTRA Electrostatically deposited carbon fiber onto aluminum back plate: 7.0 µm dia., 1.5 mm length, 2% volume. coverage Carbon Flock (2%): Turn-on and Gap Closure ELECTRA 10 53 ns 10-90% rise 8 6 Vd (1.0e05) Id (1.0e04) Zdiode (5.0e00) 4 diode impedance ~6.5 ↔ 5.9 Ω 2 0 -2 3800 3900 time (ns) 4000 Carbon Flock (2%): Single Shot Uniformity ELECTRA • Faraday Cup Data: Jmean=32.7 A/cm2, Jstdev=2.52 A/cm2 (7.7%) (A/cm2) 1 cm/div current density (A/cm2) 1mm bandout 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 horizontal distance (1 cm/div) JAVE=40.1 A/cm2 JSTDEV=4.8 A/cm2 (12%) 1 cm/div Carbon Flock (2%): Uniformity at 3365 Shots ELECTRA • Overall uniformity slightly worse after 3000 Shots; more hot spots (A/cm2) 1 cm/div current density (A/cm2) 1mm bandout 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 horizontal distance (1 cm/div) JAVE=52.2 A/cm2 JSTDEV=8.26 A/cm2 (15%) 1 cm/div Carbon Flock (2%): Longevity ELECTRA Vdiode (1E5 Volts) 0.0 • Diode voltage unchanged throughout 3365 shot run at 5 Hz -1.0 -2.0 1 Shot 500 Shots 2000 Shots -3.0 • Diode current unchanged • Cathode turn-on slightly improved with number of shots -4.0 -5.0 3800 4.0E-05 3900 4000 time (ns) 3365 shots pressure (Torr) 3.5E-05 3.0E-05 2.5E-05 2.0E-05 • Diode vacuum stabilizes at about 2.3E-5 Torr after 1000 shots. 1.5E-05 1.0E-05 5.0E-06 0 200 400 600 800 time (s) 1000 1200 1400 Additional Requirements for KrF Laser Cathodes ELECTRA • Magnetic guide field required to prevent beam from pinching • Cathode Compatibility with external guide field (1-3 x Bself) • Beam rotation - must get through hibachi structure efficiently • Possible solution: rotate cathode to compensate • Transit time instability • Large area, parallel-plane, low impedance diodes are vulnerable • Causes spatial and temporal non-uniformities in e-beam resulting in poor diode efficiency and anode foil overheating • Possible solution requires columnar or patched cathode emitters • Edge effect: Jedge~2Jbeam • Anode foil damage/overheating Develop The Emitter & Hibachi As A Single System ELECTRA Baseline Design: Pattern emitter to miss hibachi ribs Flow water through ribs for cooling 1. Transmission 2. Foil cooling 3. Pattern the beam (to miss the ribs) Laser Gas Kr + Ar 1.33 atm 4. Ribs provide a electrically flat anode 5. Beam uniformly pumps laser gas Vacuum .001”Ti FoilGas Laser e-beam e-beam Water cooled rib S. B. Swanekamp, Jaycor, McLean, VA, contributed to this work Step 1: 1-D Energy deposition profile shows 78.6%deposited in gas @ 500 keV 35 Edeposited (keV/electron) Emitter 30 25 20 15 84% at 700 keV 10 5 0 0 5 10 15 X (CM) 20 25 30 The Electron Beam Can Be Patterned To “Match” the Hibachi ELECTRA PATCH VELVET CATHODE (3 cm x 3 cm) PATCH METAL/ DIELECTRIC CATHODE (3 cm x 1 cm) Closely Space Ribs Approximate Electrically Flat Anode ELECTRA Vac Uniform Emitter .001”Ti Foil 1 cm/div w/ Anode Foil e-beam 1 atm air Rib 0 Radiachromic Film on Downstream Side of Hibachi Foil 10 20 30 Amps/cm2 1 mm Wide Band-Out No Anode Foil Uniform Emitter .01”Ti Foil 1 cm/div Vac e-beam 1 atm air Rib 0 Ribs can be a ferritic material ! 10 20 30 Amps/cm2 Beam rotation compensated Cathode strip without rotation RC films at the anode 4° rotation at the anode Overlaid position of a cathode strip Part of the electron beam hits the ribs Electron beam at cathode anode Cathode strip with 4° rotation Beam enters the hibachi vertically Rib positions Electron beam at cathode anode Beam losses at ribs are minimized Normalized current density Electron beam spreads inside hibachi Current transmission efficiency With anode foil: 83% Without anode foil: 82% Normalized amplitude I diode (with anode foil) = 101.1 kA I diode (without anode foil) = 88.5 kA (a) (b) 1 2 3 4 Distance (cm) 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Distance (cm) FWHM (cm) (c) 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 0 With anode foil Without anode foil 5 (a) J diode with anode foil 2.37 (b) J laser cell with anode foil 2.61 (c) J laser cell without anode foil 3.15 Transit Time Instability ELECTRA 2-D Modeling: Diode acts as parallel plate transmission line, guides growing TEM mode Experiment: 1600 DC current AC current 1400 Current (A) 1200 1000 800 Energy flow: RF to electrons at cathode 600 400 200 0 -100 -80 -60 -40 X (CM) Edge of Cathode 0.8 0 20 cathode Center of Cathode anode 1.5 2.5 GHz 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.0 f=2.5 GHz -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 0 5 10 15 20 Time (ns) 0.2 V (MV) B-dot signal (Arb. units) FFT (B-dot signal) -20 Energy flow: electrons to RF at anode 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Frequency (GHz) S. B. Swanekamp, Jaycor, McLean, VA, contributed to this work 0 50 100 150 Time (ns) 200 2D PIC simulations predict that resistive, tuned slots in the cathode stabilize the instability ELECTRA V (MV) Anode f=2.5 GHz 0.8 0.4 0.0 0 e- 100 150 Time (ns) 200 -1.0 -5 0 5 Z (cm) 0.4 0.2 0.0 0 50 100 150 Time (ns) 200 dN/dE (Arb. units) V (MV) 0.0 -0.5 X (m) Cathode Slot with Resistive Wire 1.0 stopped by foils Not stopped by gas 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 E (MeV) 1.0 After λ/4 0.5 1.0 Cathode 50 dN/dE (Arb. units) Before 1.0 stopped by foils Not stopped by gas 0.5 0.0 0.0 S. B. Swanekamp, Jaycor, McLean, VA, contributed to this work 0.5 E (MeV) 1.0 Elimination of edge effects will extend anode foil lifetime and allow more uniform pumping of the laser gas ELECTRA Simulation 0 20 40 60 80 current density (A/cm2) Base Emitter Radiachromic film Experiment 0 20 40 60 80 current density (A/cm2) Experiment A metallic field shaping element reduces the electric field at the boundary, suppressing the high current density beam edge. 0 10 20 30 current density (A/cm2) S. B. Swanekamp, Jaycor, McLean, VA, contributed to this work Status Summary ELECTRA • Velvet sets standard for turn-on, gap closure, and uniformity but probably won’t meet longevity requirements. • RHEPP metal dielectric has promise for longevity and for patterned beam schemes. Longevity for longer pulses needs to be examined. • Carbon flock uniformity and longevity is promising to 3000 shots. • Carbon fiber longevity is promising to 3000 shots but uniformity is questionable. • Need to improve optical diagnostics to get more time resolved uniformity data and to look at turn-on physics.