INVESTIGATION OF PARAMETERS OF THE ION BEAM FORMED IN 
CROSSED ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS

D. A. Kotov and A. P. Dostanko

UDC 537.534.2;621.384.637

The results of experimental investigations of the characteristics 
of the positive ion beam formed in an ion-plasma system with discharge 
generation in crossed electric and magnetic fields are presented. 
The conditions for the discharge formation and the specific features 
of the developed configuration of the discharge unit are described. 
It is shown that such discharge systems are capable of forming broad 
low-energy ion beams and can be used successfully in various fields 
of thin-film technology.

Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, 
Minsk; email: solarsys@bsuir.unibel.by. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii 
Zhurnal, Vol. 76, No. 2, pp. 196-200, March-April, 2003. Original 
article submitted December 19, 2002.