Dense Plasma Focus
Dense Plasma Focus, a device invented more than 30 years ago, is until now one of the most
bright and efficient source of ionizing radiation (neutrons, soft and hard X-rays, electron and
ion streams). Being relatively cheap and flexible (energy stored in condenser battery and
driving the phenomena from 0.2 kJ up to 1MJ) DPF fits very well to a number of applications
in different fields e.g. nanotechnology, material science, defectoscopy, biology, medicine etc..
Already investigated and existing applications of DPF, as well as those of future potential are
presented and discussed in the paper. Specific demands for radiation sources based on DPF
principle to be used in above mentioned fields, problems encountered and methods how to
overcome them are briefly indicated
http://www.physics.sk/aps/pubs/2004/aps-2004-54-1-35.pdf
PLASMA FOCUS AS A SOURCE OF INTENSE RADIATION AND PLASMA
STREAMS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS1
M. Scholz2
, B. Bienkowska, V. A. Gribkov, R. Miklaszewski ยด
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion
Hery 23, P.O. Box 49, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
Received 3 April 2003, accepted 28 April 2003