Pulsed Electrical Breakdown from Superconducting Electrodes in Vacuum Diodes

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 251-262

  Shkuratov, Sergei I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTROPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE MICROPOINTS; PULSED ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN; SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRODES; VACUUM DIODES; WORK FUNCTION;

CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; DIODES; ELECTRODES; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TENSILE STRENGTH; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS;

EID: 0029291166     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.388248     Document Type: Article

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