Plasma Cathode Electron Sources

Efim Oks is head scientist of the Plasma Sources Department at the High Current Electronics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. His work focuses on the twin areas of plasma cathode electron beam sources and vacuum arc ion beam sources and was awarded prestigiously. Professor Oks has established numerous collaborative scientific research programs with researchers in the United States and Europe. He thus has become a significant international plasma physicist, having authored numerous papers in international journals.

Preface
1 Low-Pressure Discharges for Plasma Electron Sources
2 Electron Emission from Plasma
3 Plasma Sources for Axially Symmetric Electron Beams
4 Generation of Large-Cross-Section Beams in Plasma-Cathode Systems
5 Some Applications of Plasma-Cathode Electron Sources
Conclusion

"It is an up-to-date review and summary of this important subfield of applied plasma physics" ( Metall , February 2008)