Influence of the spot field on field emission from composites |
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Authors: | G G Sominskii V E Sezonov D A Sakseev T A Tumareva |
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Institution: | 1.St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University,St. Petersburg,Russia;2.Ioffe Physical Technical Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences,St. Petersburg,Russia |
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Abstract: | Field emission from composite cathodes made of materials with greatly differing work functions (lanthanum hexaboride-pyrographite
and hafnium carbide-pyrographite) and also from homogeneous lanthanum hexaboride cathodes, is studied experimentally. The
effective emission from the composite cathodes the constituents of which differ greatly in work function and much worse emission
properties of the homogeneous cathode are explained by making allowance for the influence of high (≥2 × 107 V/cm) fields of spots arising at the contact of materials with different work functions on the field emission. The emission
current density and the flow of electrons emitted under the action of the spot fields toward the anode are estimated by numerical
computation. |
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