Kiloampere and microsecond electron beams from ferroelectric cathodes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1347-1352

  Advani, Rahul N ^a   Hogge, Jean Philippe ^a   Kreischer, Kenneth E ^a   Mulligan, William J ^a   Temkin, Richard J ^a   Kirkman, G F ^a   Jiang, B ^a   Reinhard, N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerator beams; Electron beams; Ferroelectric cathodes; Micro wave beams

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SOURCES; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; GYROTRONS;

FERROELECTRIC CATHODES;

CATHODES;

EID: 0032140209     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.725168     Document Type: Article

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