Characterization of microhollow cathode discharges



Título del documento: Characterization of microhollow cathode discharges
Revue: Brazilian journal of physics
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000403362
ISSN: 0103-9733
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Departamento de Fisica, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Mar
Volumen: 39
Número: 1
Paginación: 25-30
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés This work is devoted to the study of the electrical characteristics of microhollow cathode discharges (MHCD) at moderate to high pressure in argon and air for different geometries. High-pressure glow discharges can be operated in MHCD devices with µm electrode spacing. Experiments have been performed to determine the so-called Paschen curves, i.e. the dependence of the breakdown voltage on the product electrode gap and gas pressure. Current-voltage characteristic curves were obtained as a function of the pressure and hole diameter. MHCD enables stable direct current discharges that could be ignited for pressures ranging from 12 to 800 Torr, in a very wide range of current densities and electrodes materials. Evidence of electron field emission was observed for several ranges of gap spacing
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Física,
Electricidad,
Emisión por efecto de campo,
Cátodos
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Physics,
Electricity,
Electron field emission,
Cathodes
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