负脉冲激励下PLZST电子发射特征及发射机理研究

采用固态烧结工艺制备了位于反铁电/铁电相界附近的掺镧锆锡钛酸铅（PLZST）反铁电陶瓷样品.采用该样品作为阴极材料,研究了其在负脉冲激励电场下的电子发射行为.负脉冲激励下,0.5 mm厚PLZST反铁电陶瓷圆片发射阈值电压为500 V;当激励电压为500 V,抽取电压为3.5 kV时,得到690 A发射电流.结果表明,PLZST反铁电陶瓷发射阈值电压低,发射电流大,即使激励电场低于陶瓷的正向开关电场,仍能得到强发射电流.最后,讨论了PLZST反铁电陶瓷在负脉冲激励下电子发射内在机制. 关键词： 反铁电材料 铁电阴极 电子发射     

铁电阴极前电极表面等离子体横向扩散速度估算

分析了激励脉冲电压作用下铁电阴极电容的变化,即等离子体沿着铁电阴极前电极表面扩散而引起电容变化;建立了激励脉冲电压作用下铁电阴极等效电容模型并推导铁电阴极前电极表面等离子横向扩散速度表达式。采用传统固相烧结工艺制备的掺镧锆锡钛酸铅反铁电陶瓷作为阴极材料,通过测量激励脉冲电压作用下铁电阴极两端的电压及充放电电流,计算得到掺镧锆锡钛酸铅陶瓷表面等离子体横向扩散速度为1.89×106 cm/s。     

铌镁酸铅-钛酸铅铁电阴极电子发射特性

研究了铌镁酸铅-钛酸铅铁电材料的铁电、介电性能对阴极发射阈值电压的影响, 以及铁电阴极发射电流与激励脉冲电压和抽取电压之间的关系, 并分析了其发射机理. 结果表明, 室温介电常数高、极化强度变化量大的弛豫铁电体0.9Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-0.1PbTiO₃具有较小的发射阈值电压; 铁电阴极电子发射与快极化反转和等离子体的形成有关; 由极化反转所致电子发射的自发射电流随激励脉冲电压的增大呈幂律增长关系, 其发射电流开始于激励脉冲电压的下降沿; 在抽取电压较大时, 发射电流随抽取电压的增大呈线性增长关系, 说明大电流主要取决于抽取电压; 其发射电流开始于激励脉冲电压的上升沿, 与“三介点”处的场增强效应和等离子体的形成有关; 当抽取电压为2500 V 时, 得到的发射电流幅值为210 A, 相应的电流密度为447 A/cm².     

基于相变换能机理的反铁电陶瓷水声换能器初探

阐述了改性锆锡钛酸铅Pb(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3(PZST)反铁电陶瓷作为一种基于相变换能机理的大应变电致伸缩材料的性能特征以及作为水声换能器新型有源材料的优势。采用掺镧改性锆锡钛酸铅PbLa(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3(PLZST)反铁电陶瓷材料首次设计制作了纵振式反铁电陶瓷水声换能器。试验结果表明,PLZST反铁电陶瓷用于水声换能器研制在技术上是可行的,与压电陶瓷换能器比较,目前反铁电换能器样品的等效发射电压灵敏度提高3~5dB以上。根据实验情况,认为在发射电压灵敏度和声源级方面具有进一步提升的潜力。     

掺镧锆锡钛酸铅陶瓷极化强度变化量对电子发射电流强度的影响

铁电阴极因其优异的电子发射性能在高功率微波管的电子束源、平板显示技术以及宇航推进器等领域 有着广阔应用前景而日益受到人们的重视.大量研究表明,铁电阴极电子发射性能受阴极材料性能的影响. 在激励电场作用下,铁电阴极材料会产生表面非屏蔽电荷而引起极化强度的变化, 这表明铁电阴极电子发射性能可能与阴极材料的极化强度变化量存在着某种关系. 为研究阴极材料极化强度变化量对铁电阴极电子发射性能的影响,以掺镧锆锡钛酸铅铁电和反铁电陶瓷样品 作为阴极材料,通过正半周电滞回线测试得到阴极材料在不同电场强度下的极化强度变化量, 测量得到电子发射电流强度随激励电场的变化曲线,并分析了电子发射电流强度与极化强度变化量的关系. 结果表明,两种样品电子发射电流强度与极化强度变化量正相关.     

无铅铁电陶瓷电子发射性能

 铁电阴极材料，作为一种新型的功能材料，以其高的发射电流密度等优点而受到重视。鉴于目前研究的铁电阴极材料多局限于锆钛酸铅等含铅材料，作者采用无铅铁电陶瓷Na₁/2Bi_1/2TiO₃-BaTiO₃(BNBT)，进行了电子发射实验，获得发射电流密度达20A/cm²。初步实验结果表明，与锆钛酸铅相比，钛酸铋钠发射电流密度略低但性能稳定性较好。作为无铅铁电阴极，BNBT仍然具有良好的研究开发价值。     

铁电阴极制备与性能实验研究

 讨论了不同发射机理对铁电阴极材料性能的要求,对PZT（锆钛酸铅）系铁电陶瓷工艺过程中的关键步骤进行了研究。通过掺杂改性和改进预烧条件等手段,有效地改善了材料的性能参数,制备出相对介电常数大于3 000的弛豫相铁电陶瓷和压电常数大于500×10^-12C/N的铁电相铁电陶瓷。在初步的发射实验中,使用改进工艺后的PLZT8/65/35制备的铁电阴极,触发脉冲5.4 kV时,获得的发射电子电流密度达到800 A/cm^{2/sup>,远大于C-L定律计算的发射电流。}     

PbLa(Zr,Sn,Ti)O_3反铁电陶瓷的静电场能存储特性北大核心CSCD

为了研究微量掺镧的反铁电陶瓷锆锡钛酸铅(PbLa(Zr,Sn,Ti)O_3,PLZST)的静态存储电场能量的特性,采用传统的氧化物固态反应的陶瓷制备工艺,制备了4个锆锡比不同的PLZST陶瓷样品,样品组分均位于PLZST相图中铁电-反铁电相界附近。通过等静压压致放电的实验方法研究了PLZST陶瓷放电特性。结果表明,经过充分极化的PLZST处于亚稳态的铁电相,在压力作用下,PLZST发生铁电反铁电相变,把在直流电场下极化时储存于PLZST陶瓷的静电场能量瞬间释放出来,从而得到极高功率的电脉冲。最终,样品完全退极化,最大放电电流密度达到5.0nA/cm^2,样品的静电场储能密度最高可达9.45J/cm^3,因此PLZST陶瓷是爆电换能电源的理想材料。     

PbLa(Zr,Sn,Ti)O_3反铁电陶瓷的静电场能存储特性

为了研究微量掺镧的反铁电陶瓷锆锡钛酸铅(PbLa(Zr,Sn,Ti)O_3,PLZST)的静态存储电场能量的特性,采用传统的氧化物固态反应的陶瓷制备工艺,制备了4个锆锡比不同的PLZST陶瓷样品,样品组分均位于PLZST相图中铁电-反铁电相界附近。通过等静压压致放电的实验方法研究了PLZST陶瓷放电特性。结果表明,经过充分极化的PLZST处于亚稳态的铁电相,在压力作用下,PLZST发生铁电反铁电相变,把在直流电场下极化时储存于PLZST陶瓷的静电场能量瞬间释放出来,从而得到极高功率的电脉冲。最终,样品完全退极化,最大放电电流密度达到5.0nA/cm~2,样品的静电场储能密度最高可达9.45J/cm~3,因此PLZST陶瓷是爆电换能电源的理想材料。     

反铁电相变陶瓷低频发射换能器

在具有高阶形式的广义压电方程基础上,讨论掺镧改性锆锡钛酸铅PbLa(Zr,Sn,Ti)O3(PLZST)反铁电相变陶瓷的非线性机电耦合问题,得到类似传统线性压电方程的近似线性电致伸缩方程,给出了一种解决非线性反铁电相变陶瓷换能器电声转换问题的分析方法,即在直流偏置状态下对PLZST反铁电相变陶瓷的材料参数进行近似线性等效化处理进而分析换能器的电声转换问题.在此基础上,研制了水中谐振频率1.1 kHz新型反铁电相变陶瓷低频弯张换能器.湖上试验结果表明,与同结构同尺寸压电陶瓷弯张换能器相比,目前反铁电换能器样品的发射电压响应约高3dB,声源级高出9dB,并验证了本文所提出的分析非线性反铁电相变陶瓷换能器方法的正确性.     

Emissivity of powders prepared from nanoporous carbon

Powders prepared from nanoporous carbon are promising for creating cold emitters, which are essential to the development of reliable next-generation monitors. The results of an experimental study of the temperature and time dependences of the emission current from nanoporous carbon coatings are reported. It is shown that the stable emission may last at least 20 h under continuous operation if the emission current density does not exceed 0.6 mA/cm² at room temperature and an accelerating field strength of 800–1200 V/mm. The highest values of the unstable-in-time current density vary from 2.5 to 3.2 mA/cm².     

Generation of a pulsed high-current low-energy beam in a plasma electron source with a self-heated cathode

The transition of a low-current discharge with a self-heated hollow cathode to a high-current discharge is studied, and stability conditions for the latter in the pulsed–periodic mode with a current of 0.1–1.0 kA, pulse width of 0.1–1.0 ms, and a pulse repetition rate of 0.1–1.0 kHz are determined. The thermal conditions of the hollow cathode are analyzed, and the conclusion is drawn that the emission current high density is due to pulsed self-heating of the cathode’s surface layer. Conditions for stable emission from a plasma cathode with a grid acting as a plasma boundary using such a discharge are found at low accelerating voltage (100–200 eV) and a gas pressure of 0.1–0.4 Pa. The density of the ion current from a plasma generated by a pulsed beam with a current of 100 A is found to reach 0.1 A/cm². Probe diagnostics data for the emitting and beam plasmas in the electron source are presented, and a mechanism behind the instability of electron emission from the plasma is suggested on their basis.     

Analysis of characteristic X-ray generation induced by laser plasma electrons accelerated by an electric field

The results of experiments devoted to the study of spectral, spatial, and time characteristics of a spectrally bright point x-ray source based on a vacuum diode with a laser-plasma cathode and a titanium needle anode with a photon energy approximately equal to 4.5 keV are presented. The experimental results revealed a considerable difference between the electron emission from laser plasma in a strong electric field and the explosive electron emission and demonstrated the effectiveness of laser plasma as an electron source. The optimization of the laser radiation power density, the accelerating voltage, and the interelectrode spacing made it possible to create a point x-ray source whose spectral brightness exceeds available sources in the class of small-size pulse x-ray instruments (tubes with explosive cathodes). It has been proved experimentally that the maximum contrast of the characteristic lines of the anode material is attained in the case of an optimal choice of accelerating voltage. The x-ray source has the following parameters: (1) spectral brightness of the K-lines of titanium of the order of 10²¹ photons/cm² s sr keV; (2) emitting region size of 250 mm; and (3) laser pulse duration less than 20 ns.     

Generation of a submillisecond electron beam with a high-density current in a plasma-emitter diode under the conditions of open plasma boundary emission

The generation of a 250-μs-wide electron beam in a plasma-emitter diode is studied experimentally. A plasma was produced by a pulsed arc discharge in hydrogen. The electron beam is extracted from a circular emission hole 3.8 mm in diameter under open plasma boundary conditions. The beam accelerated in the diode gap enters into a drift space in the absence of an external magnetic field through a hole 4.1 mm in diameter made in the anode. The influence of electron current deposition at the edge of the anode hole on the beam’s maximum attainable current, above which the diode gap breaks down, is studied for different accelerating voltages and diode gaps. The role of processes occurring on the surface of the electrodes is shown. For an accelerating voltage of 32 kV, a mean emission current density of 130 A/cm² is achieved. The respective mean strength of the electric field in the acceleration gap is 140 kV/cm. Using the POISSON-2 software package, the numerical simulation of the diode performance is carried out and the shape of steady plasma emission boundaries in the cathode and anode holes is calculated. The influence of the density of the ion current from the anode plasma surface on the maximum attainable current of the electron beam is demonstrated.     

太赫兹源场致发射电子源

通过粒子模拟(PIC)软件模拟计算了在ps级别下二极与三极结构碳纳米管场致发射的电流密度与电子注聚焦性能。阳极电压在2 kV时,二极结构下电流密度达到1.85 A/cm2;三极结构下,栅压700 V时发射电流密度达到2.3 A/cm2,且在一定的三极结构参数与电极电压下,可以获得较好的电子注聚束效果。通过碳纳米管二极管发射实验,获得了6.6 A/cm2的发射电流密度,总发射电流达到52.1 mA,可以为太赫兹器件提供连续发射的电子注。     

Gas-filled electron diode based on a glow discharge

Stable ignition and sustention of a pulsed discharge with a current of up to 180 A and duration of 12 μs at a pressure of 10⁻¹–10⁻² Pa are achieved in a glow-discharge plasma cathode with the help of an auxiliary initiating discharge. An electron emission current density of up to 100 A/cm² and accelerating voltageof 15 kV are obtained in a gas-filled diode based on this type of a plasma cathode. An electron beam witha neutralized space charge can be transported almost without losses in a weak axial magnetic field alonga plasma channel formed due to the gas ionization by the accelerated electrons over a distance of up to 30 cm.     

Self-oscillating mode of electron beam generation in a source with a grid plasma emitter

Plasma processes and electron beam generation in an electron source with a grid plasma cathode are investigated. Experiments are conducted under the conditions of efficient electron extraction and an intense counter ion flux, which break grid stabilization. It is shown that a rise in the gas pressure and in the emitting plasma potential leads to the plasma potential modulation in the frequency range 10⁴–10⁵ Hz. Under the self-oscillation conditions, an electron beam is obtained with a constant current of up to 16 A and an electron energy modulated up to 100% of the accelerating voltage level (100–300 V). An explanation is given for relaxation self-oscillations arising when the plasma potential grows and for the system’s inertial non-linearity arising when the plasma potential induced by the space charge of the counter ion flux lags behind the current of electron-beam-generated ions.     

Generation and transport of high-current, low-energy electron beams in a system with a gas-filled diode

Investigations of the generation and transport of a high-current, low-energy electron beam are performed in a system with a gas-filled diode based on a plasma cathode. At accelerating voltages of up to 20 kV and pressures of (1–5)×10⁻¹ Pa, a beam with an emission current of 600 A, emission current density of 12 A/cm² and pulse duration of 30 μs if obtained in a diode with a grid-stabilized emission opening having a diameter equal to 8 cm. The beam is transported in the absence of an external magnetic field over a distance of 20 cm. The beam is compressed by its self-magnetic field, and the current density at the collector reaches 100 A/cm² when the beam diameter is 3 cm. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 44–48 (January 1998)     

High-field electron emission of carbon nanotubes grown on carbon fibers

Carbon nanotubes with uniform density were synthesized on carbon fiber substrate by the floating catalyst method. The morphology and microstructure were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. The results of field emission showed that the emission current density of carbon nanotubes/carbon fibers was 10 μA/cm² and 1 mA/cm² at the field of 1.25 and 2.25 V/μm, respectively, and the emission current density could be 10 and 81.2 mA/cm² with the field of 4.5 and 7 V/μm, respectively. Using uniform and sparse density distribution of carbon nanotubes on carbon fiber substrate, the tip predominance of carbon nanotubes can be exerted, and simultaneously the effect of screening between adjacent carbon nanotubes on field emission performance can also be effectively decreased. Therefore, the carbon nanotubes/carbon fibers composite should be a good candidate for a cold cathode material.