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Defined emission area and custom thermal electron sources

Mackie et al., 2011

Document ID
11769677494870671479
Author
Mackie W
Magera G
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B

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The authors report on electron emission defining and stability techniques use for specialized thermionic cathodes. Primarily lanthanum hexaboride and cerium hexaboride have been used for cathode materials but we also use hafnium carbide for cases where background …
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