Plasma Cathode Electron Sources: Physics, Technology, Applications

Efim Oks is head scientist of the Plasma Sources Department at the High Current Electronics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. His work focuses on the twin areas of plasma cathode electron beam sources and vacuum arc ion beam sources and was awarded prestigiously. Professor Oks has established numerous collaborative scientific research programs with researchers in the United States and Europe. He thus has become a significant international plasma physicist, having authored numerous papers in international journals.