A new plotting package is employed so that higher resolutions can be employed on the interactive screen and quality output hard copy plots are available and can also be reviewed on the screen.
Input is fully interactive and only modest knowledge of the input data set is needed.
The program can be interrupted and changes can be made in electrodes or parameters at any time and it is quite tolerant of significant changes in electrodes and parameters. It is far superior to either of its predecessors in speed, accuracy and capabilities. The calculations can be fully relativistic, including self induced as well as applied magnetic fields. Ions can be extracted from plasmas, plasma sputter sources, beam sputter sources or thermionic surfaces. The rectangular array of squares makes the calculations of space charge easier and more precise with the ultimate result that the program is very accurate, especially in the critical region near the cathode or ion emission-extraction surface.