Journal of Radio Electronics. eISSN 1684-1719. 2024. №9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2024.9.8
FIELD ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY
OF A MOLECULAR-SPRAYED OXIDE THERMOCATHODE
Lobanov V.M.1, Budzinsky Yu.A.2, Sheshin E.P.1,
Zhabin G.A.2, Lobanov S.V.1, Chadaev N.N.1
1Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
(National Research University),
141700, Dolgoprudny, Institutskiy per., 52AO NPP Istok nm. A.I. Shokin
141190, Fryazino, st. Vokzalnaya, 2a
The paper was received May 24, 2024
Abstract. The results of a study of the emission characteristics of a molecular-sprayed oxide thermocathode based on triple carbonate of alkaline earth metals with an emission layer thickness of ~1 µm in the operating temperature range of 590-730 °C. are presented. The results are in good agreement with those obtained earlier for a serial oxide thermocathode with an emission layer thickness of ~100 µm applied by pulverization, and correspond to the model of a "spotted cathode" - a superposition of emission spots at different stages of activation. An idea of the activation phenomenon occurring at a given temperature in a certain range of values of the electric field strength on the surface of emission spots is detailed both with an increase and a decrease in the anode voltage. The energy spectra of the emitted electrons of a separate emission spot with a half-height width of ~100 meV have been obtained. The values of the potential change of the emitting surface of the cathode within the probed region of 0.9 V and the potential drop on the emission layer under the probed region of 4.1 V were measured.
Key words: oxide thermocathode, thermal emission, thermal activation, current activation, electron spectroscopy, electronic structure.
Corresponding author: Lobanov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, lobanov.vm@mipt.ru
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For citation:
Lobanov V.M., Budzinsky Yu.A., Sheshin E.P., Zhabin G.A., Lobanov S.V., Chadaev N.N. Field electron spectroscopy of a molecular-sprayed oxide thermocathode. // Journal of Radio Electronics. – 2024. – №. 9. https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2024.9.8 (In Russian)