Multipactor susceptibility charts of a parallel-plate dielectric-loaded waveguide

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1160-1166

  Torregrosa Penalva, Germán ^a   Coves, Ángela ^a   Gimeno Martinez, Benito ^b   Montero, Isabel ^c   Vicente, Carlos ^b   Boria, Vicente E ^d  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dielectric; Electron dynamics; Multipactor discharge; RF breakdown voltage threshold; Secondary emission yield (SEY); Space charge

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DYNAMICS; MULTIPACTOR DISCHARGE; RF BREAKDOWN; SECONDARY EMISSION YIELD; SPACE CHARGES;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; GRAPHIC METHODS; ION BEAMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SECONDARY EMISSION;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77951617940     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2010.2043182     Document Type: Article

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