19. Electrode surface effects in the high voltage glow discharge

Hurley, R.E.; Holliday, J.H.

doi:10.1016/s0042-207x(78)80021-9

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“…As a result, at high E/N values the number of electrons appeared in the cathode layer can be significantly less than those emitted from the cathode. These conditions are widely used for the generation of electron beams (EBs) in the gas discharge and are intensively used in various fields of science and technology [9][10][11][12][13][14]. As the result, the question of emission coefficients under the actions of different species becomes much more important than in case of low-voltage discharges.…”

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Current–voltage characteristics and mechanisms of electron emission from cold cathodes in a helium discharge

Бохан¹,

Гугин²,

Лаврухин³

et al. 2022

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol.

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The abnormal discharge in pure helium and in helium containing molecular impurities was investigated. The obtained results were compared with the parameters of wide–aperture abnormal discharge and different variants of "open" discharge. It was shown that in all of the investigated types of discharges the current–voltage characteristics (CVCs) and, correspondingly, the emission properties of cold cathodes are determined mainly not by their material, but by the doping of cathodes with atoms of working gases and the purity of experimental conditions. With the impurity content less than 10-4 % of the helium atom concentration, the CVCs begin to acquire S – shaped form, which is associated with a change in the electron emission mechanism. It was shown that the diversity of the CVCs is caused by uncertainty in the values of the secondary electron emission coefficients γ and the electron multiplication coefficient α in the cathode layer at reduced electric field strength E/N > 103 Td. The reproducibility of current–voltage characteristics and, correspondingly, emission properties of cathodes can be ensured by high purity of the working gas and by maintenance of the cathode doping only by the working gas atoms.

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