ON  THE  POSSIBILITY  OF  FORMING  SUBMICRON   ELECTRON  BEAMS  WITH  A  POWER  DENSITY  OF  UP  TO  100 GW/cm2
 

V. E. Ptitsin, V. A. Tregubov

Institute for Analytical Instrumentation RAS, Saint-Petersburg



  It is shown that using thermal field emitters of superhigh brightness and also special methods of focusing and transporting high charge density electron fluxes, one can form submicron electron beams with a power density of up to ~100 GW/cm2.