Experimental studies of local and global emission uniformity for a magnetron injection gun

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 825-828

  Anderson, James P ^a   Temkin, Richard J ^b   Shapiro, Michael A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission uniformity; Gyrotron; Magnetron injection gun (MIG); Thermionic cathode; Work function

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETRONS; MICROWAVES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMIONIC CATHODES;

EMISSION UNIFORMITY; MAGNETRON INJECTION GUN (MIG); WORK FUNCTION;

GYROTRONS;

EID: 18844426550     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.845793     Document Type: Article

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