Design of sheet-beam electron gun with planar cathode for terahertz devices

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 670-678

  Srivastava, Anurag ^a   So, Jin Kyu ^a   Wang, Yiman ^b   Wang, Jinshu ^b   Raju, R S ^c   Han, Seong Tae ^d   Park, Gun Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CENTRAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Beam compression; Beam emittance; Electron gun; Scandate cathode; Sheet beam; Terahertz (THz) devices

Indexed keywords

BEAM COMPRESSION; BEAM EMITTANCE; SCANDATE CATHODE; SHEET-BEAM; TERAHERTZ (THZ) DEVICES;

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PLASMA GUNS;

ELECTRON GUNS;

EID: 67349178259     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-009-9503-9     Document Type: Article

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