Fig 1.
Schematic of the plasma focus device equipped with diagnostics of a Faraday cup, biased ion collectors and CR-39 SSNTDs.
Fig 2.
Discharge voltage and current signal at 0.2 mbar deuterium.
Fig 3.
Typical discharge voltage and Faraday cup signal at 0.2 mbar deuterium.
Fig 4.
Average deuteron-beam energies at different operating pressures using Faraday cup.
Fig 5.
Average deuteron-beam fluence per shot at different operating pressure.
Fig 6.
Optical microscope images (1000X) of CR-39 SSNTDS exposed at various angular positions, at 0.2 mbar deuterium.