Field-Emission Cathodes Based on Microchannel Plates
- Authors: Khamdokhov Z.M.1, Margushev Z.C.1, Khamdokhov E.Z.2, Teshev R.S.2, Bavizhev M.D.3
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Informatics and Problems of Regional Management of Caucasus, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Berbekov Kabardino-Balkarian State University
- Scientific-and-Research Center, AO NPP “Radii”
- Issue: Vol 53, No 15 (2019)
- Pages: 2037-2039
- Section: Elements of Integrated Electronics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7826/article/view/207573
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782619150090
- ID: 207573
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Abstract
The existing methods of fabricating low-field cathodes do not permit the development of device structures that comply with the requirements of developers of systems. In this work, large-area field-emission cathodes with homogeneous emission properties of the working surface and low working voltages (<1 kV) are considered. A Spindt cathode with a number of silicon microtips up to 6000 and a packing density of ~1 × 105 cm–2 is investigated. Titanium nitride and carbon films are deposited onto microtips using the electric-arc method. It is shown that the cathode has low emission homogeneity due to the problem of reproducing microtips of the same shape and size. A cathode based on a microchannel plate with channels 6 μm in diameter, inside which graphite-like nanostructures are formed by the electric-arc method, is fabricated. It is found that an increase in the electron flux in the channels of a microchannel plate can result in a considerable decrease in the operating voltage (<1 kV) and attain high emission homogeneity at the highest admissible output current.
About the authors
Z. M. Khamdokhov
Institute of Informatics and Problems of Regional Management of Caucasus, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: hamdohov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Nalchik
Z. Ch. Margushev
Institute of Informatics and Problems of Regional Management of Caucasus, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: hamdohov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Nalchik
E. Z. Khamdokhov
Berbekov Kabardino-Balkarian State University
Email: hamdohov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Nalchik
R. Sh. Teshev
Berbekov Kabardino-Balkarian State University
Email: hamdohov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Nalchik
M. D. Bavizhev
Scientific-and-Research Center, AO NPP “Radii”
Email: hamdohov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow