This review summarizes the more-than-25-years of development of the so-called thermionic
vacuum arc (TVA). TVA is an anodic arc discharge in vapors of the material to be deposited; …

Beryllium oxide (BeO) and deuteroxide (BeO x D y) have been found on the melted zone of
a beryllium tile extracted from the upper dump plate of JET-ILW (2011–2012 campaign) …

Low-density foam targets are expected to be good candidates for efficient laser produced
plasma (LPP) and soft X-ray (SXR) sources due to the less energetic debris compared with …

The thermionic vacuum discharge method is very effective in that the films obtained using
this technology are characterised by a very high degree of adhesion, density and purity …

In order to extend the investigation of the plasma cleaning of ITER first mirrors, a set of
molybdenum mirrors was coated in a laboratory with ITER-relevant contaminants, namely …

Raman scattering studies were carried out for the investigation of bonding and
microstructural properties of dimensionally confined nanoscale Be layers in the periodic …

Comprehensive measurements of the adhesive force for tungsten dust adhered to tungsten
surfaces have been performed with the electrostatic detachment method. Monodisperse …

Abstract Pure Be, W and Be: W mixed coatings with nominal compositions of (5: 5) and (1: 9)
were deposited on silicon plates and implanted at room temperature with 30 keV N+ ions …

Beryllium–tungsten and tungsten layers were deposited by thermionic vacuum arc
technique in gaseous environments, in order to simulate the plasma–wall phenomena …

This study demonstrates that Raman microscopy is a suitable technique for future post
mortem analyses of JET and ITER plasma facing components. We focus here on laboratory …