Journal
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
A V S AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1116/1.3589442
Keywords
barium compounds; Faraday effect; oxide coated cathodes; photoelectron microscopy; pulsed laser deposition; scandium compounds; thermionic cathodes; thermionic electron emission; tungsten
Funding
- Nanohmics, Inc., through Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-09-C-0085]
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Model thermionic cathodes with different oxide coatings have been surveyed using a combination of photoelectron emission microscopy and thermionic electron emission microscopy. The model cathodes are imaged directly at operating temperatures and the electron yield is measured with a Faraday cup located in the image plane. Cathodes with combinations of Ba, Sc, BaO, Sc2O3, and pulsed-laser-deposited Sc2O3 on W substrates have been examined. BaO deposited on Sc2O3 is the most stable cathode combination. Measurement of the W-Sc2O3-BaO cathode shows that the electron yield enhancement produced by BaO and Sc2O3 is a two-step process which requires that the BaO be on top of the Sc2O3. BaO does not need to be in direct contact with the W substrate. (C) 2011 American Vacuum Society. [DOI: 10.1116/1.3589442]
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