Characteristics of the beam injection system in an electron LINAC

The main characteristics of an electron beam injection system are described; the system is used for injecting and focusing electron beams into the acceleration structure of an 10 MeV linear electron accelerator. The beam injection system consists of a Pierce convergent diode-type electron gun with pulse modulator for power supply and a thin axially symmetric lens. The perveance and the capture coefficient were optimized by the analogical resistors network. This type of injection system was used in the linear electron accelerators: ALIN – 3 MeV, ALIN – 10 MeV and ALID − 8 MeV, performed at NILPRP∗ Bucharest, Romania.