Vacuum Spark

Researchers:   C.S. Wong

Research student: S.H. Chew (MSc)

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The 20 kV, 370 J vacuum spark device (UMVS3).

Selected publications:

• VACUUM SPARK AS A REPRODUCIBLE X-RAY SOURCE
  C.S. Wong and S. Lee, Rev.Sci.Instrum. 55, 1125 (1984)
• PULSED X-RAY SOURCES: TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
  C.S. Wong, ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development 11, 15 (1994)
• CHARACTERISTICS OF A VACUUM SPARK TRIGGERED BY THE TRANSIENT HOLLOW CATHODE DISCHARGE ELECTRON BEAM
  C.S. Wong, C.X. Ong, S.P. Moo and P. Choi, IEEE Tran. Plasma Sci. 23, 265 (1995)
• PULSED PLASMA X-RAY AND EUV SOURCES – Invited
  C.S. Wong, Mal. J. Sci. 21A, 65 (2002)
• X-RAY SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS OF VACUUM SPARK
  P.F. Lee, W.S. Yeoh, Y.K. Low, J. Singh and C.S. Wong, J. Fiz. Mal. 24, 131 (2003)