Abstract
Intrinsic failures of gated field emitters appear to be cathodic vacuum arcs [4]. Plumes of ions and electrons were measured during these failures. Measurements of ion energies of 80 eV and electron energies of 6 eV during failures confirm that the failures are microscopic cathodic arcs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 259-260 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1993 |