Experimental studies of long-lifetime cold cathodes for high-power microwave oscillators

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 537-541

  Gunin, Aleksandr V ^a   Landl, Vladimir F ^a   Korovin, Sergei D ^a   Mesyats, Gennady A ^a   Pegel, Igor V ^a   Rostov, Vladislav V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH CURRENT ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; DIODES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON EMISSION; GRAPHITE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; SOLENOIDS; VACUUM;

COLD CATHODES; CURRENT RISETIME; HIGH POWER MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MASS LOSSES; VACUUM DIODE; VOLTAGE PULSE;

CATHODES;

EID: 0034197686     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.887668     Document Type: Article

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