Magnetic steering of a helicon double layer thruster

C. Charles*, R. W. Boswell, W. Cox, R. Laine, P. MacLellan

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    Abstract

    The ion beam generated by a helicon double layer has been electrically steered up to 20° off axis by using a solenoid placed normal to the two axial solenoids of the helicon plasma source without significantly changing the beam exhaust velocity.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number201501
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume93
    Issue number20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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