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Requirements for long-life operation of inert gas hollow cathodes-Preliminary results

VERHEY et al., 1990

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7409611140316058829
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VERHEY T
MACRAE G
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21st International Electric Propulsion Conference

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Hollow cathodes have been used as electron emitters in electron-bom- w bardment ion thrusters for over twenty years, beginning with the development of the plasma bridge neutralizer by Sohl, et al. in 1966l for ion beam neutralization. In 1970, Rawlin and Kerslake …
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2237/00—Discharge tubes exposing object to beam, e.g. for analysis treatment, etching, imaging
    • H01J2237/06—Sources
    • H01J2237/08—Ion sources
    • H01J2237/0802—Field ionization sources
    • H01J2237/0807—Gas field ion sources [GFIS]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/02—Details
    • H01J37/04—Arrangements of electrodes and associated parts for generating or controlling the discharge, e.g. electron-optical arrangement, ion-optical arrangement
    • H01J37/06—Electron sources; Electron guns
    • H01J37/073—Electron guns using field emission, photo emission, or secondary emission electron sources
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J41/00—Discharge tubes for measuring pressure of introduced gas or for detecting presence of gas; Discharge tubes for evacuation by diffusion of ions
    • H01J41/02—Discharge tubes for measuring pressure of introduced gas or for detecting presence of gas
    • H01J41/06—Discharge tubes for measuring pressure of introduced gas or for detecting presence of gas with ionisation by means of cold cathodes

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