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Field emission cathode for high power beams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Rodney Petr  and
Martin Gundersen
Rodney Petr
Affiliation:
Mathematical Sciences Northwest, Inc., Bellevue, Washington 98004
Martin Gundersen
Affiliation:
Departments of Electrical Engineering and Physics, SSC 420, Mail Code 0484, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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Abstract

Field emission is identified as the mechanism responsible for high current emission (50 A/cm2 at 300°K) from a dispenser-type cathode. This cathode has advantages for high power operation, and should be suitable for practical applications.

Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , May 1983 , pp. 207 - 210
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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