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THz technology has attracted great attention for decades of years. Among the wide research areas of THz technologies, vacuum electron terahertz radiation sources have obvious advantages in high power region. For the THz vacuum electro devices (VED), high current density electron beams with small dimensions are required. Nanosized scandia doped dispenser (SDD) cathodes have the capability to operate stably at pulsed current densities of over 100 A/ cm2 at 950 ℃ so it becomes the most promising cathodes to meet the requirements for THz VEDs. In this paper, we report a new approach for developing miniaturized electron beam sources on normal SDD cathodes. An electron beam of 400 μm in diameter has been directly generated on an SDD cathode by deposition of a Zr/W double-layer anti-emission film and followed by a focused ion beam (FIB) milling. Results indicate that the electron beam is able to provide a space charge limited (SCL) current density of over 50 A/cm2 at the operating temperature of 950 ℃ with proper laminarity and works stably for more than 1000 hours. The beam emission characteristics and the function of the anti-emission film have been discussed and related to the surface analysis results. The approach opens a new way for producing high emission mini-electron sources to satisfy the requirment of THz VEDs.
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Keywords:
- THz source /
- scandate cathode /
- electron beam /
- surface analysis
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[1] Xu J Z, Zhang X C 2007 Terahertz Science and Application (Beijing: Peking University Press) p3 (in Chinese) [许景周, 张希成 2007 太赫兹科学技术和应用(北京: 北京大学出版社)第3页]
[2] Wang G Q, Wang J G, Li X Z, Fan R Y, Wang X Z, Wang X F, Tong C J 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 8459 (in Chinese) [王光强, 王建国, 李小泽, 范如玉, 王行舟, 王雪锋, 童长江 2010 物理学报 59 8459]
[3] Feng J J, Li X H 2012 Proceedings of the 2012 annual meeting of Chinese Vacuum Society Lanzhou, September, 2012 p39 (in Chinese) [冯进军, 李兴辉 2012 中国真空学会 2012 学术年会论文集兰州, 2012年9月, p39]
[4] Booske J H, Dobbs R J, Joye C D, Kory C L, Neil G R, Park G, Park J, Temkin R J 2011 IEEE Trans. on Teraheeth Science and Technology 1 54
[5] Gaertner G 2012 J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 30 060801
[6] Tucek J, Basten M, Gallagher D, Kreischer K 2010 Proceedings of IVEC 2010 Monterey, USA, 18-20 May, 2010 p19
[7] Green M 2008 Proceedings of IVEC 2008 Monterey, USA, 22-24 April, 2008 p3
[8] Wang Y, Wang J, Liu W, Zhang K, Li J. 2007 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 54 1061
[9] Wang J, Liu W, Li L, Wang Y C, Wang Y, Zhou M 2009 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 56 779
[10] Liu W, Wang Y, Wang J, Wang Y C 2011 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 58 1241.
[11] Zhao J F, Gamzina D, Baig A, Barnett L, Luhmann N C 2012 Proceedings of IVEC 2012 Monterey, USA, 24-26 April, 2012 p47
[12] Barik R, Bera A, Tanwar A K, Baek I K, Eom K, Sattorov M A, Min S H, Kwon O J, Park G S 2013 Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mat. 38 60
[13] Wang Y, Wang J, Liu W, Zhang X, Li L 2011 J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 29 04E106-1
[14] Lawrence I R, Collins G, Read M, Miram G, Marsden D 2011 Terahertz Science and Technology 4 230
[15] Srivastava A, Jin-Kyu So, Wang Y, Wang J, Raju R S, Park G S 2009 J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 30 670
[16] Wang J S, Wang Y M, Li L L, Liu W 2007 CN101075515A [王金淑, 王亦曼, 李莉莉, 刘伟 2007 CN101075515A]
[17] Schneider P 1962 Vacuum 12 293
[18] George M U. S patent 4263528 [ 1981-04-21]
[19] Melngailis J 1987 J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 5 469
[20] Li L, Wang Y, Liu W, Wang Y C, Wang J, Srivastava A, Jin-Kyu So, Park G S 2009 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 56 762
[21] Pankey T J, Thomas R E 1981 Appl. Surf. Sci. 8 50
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