A high-current accelerator for pumping of the 200-L excimer
laser is developed, providing electron energy of 550 keV, a
diode current of 320 kA, and an e-beam current of 250 kA. The
high-voltage part of the accelerator consists of two linear
transformers with a stored energy of 98 kJ. To reduce the influence
of the self-magnetic field on e-beam formation, the vacuum diode
is divided into six separate magnetically isolated diodes.