Thermionic Sources For High-Brightness Electron Beams

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 850-861

  Thomas, Richard E ^a   Gibson, John W ^a   Haas, George A ^a   Abrams, R H ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS--EMISSION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION--SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATHODE OPERATING LIFE; COATED MATRIX CATHODE; CONTROLLED POROSITY DISPENSER CATHODE; DISPENSER CATHODES; IMPREGNATED MATRIX DISPENSER CATHODE; THERMIONIC ELECTRON SOURCES;

CATHODES, THERMIONIC;

EID: 0025403370     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.47802     Document Type: Article

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