Lifetime of ferroelectric cathodes

被引：30

作者：

Dunaevsky, A ^{[1
]}

Krasik, YE

Felsteiner, J

Dorfman, S

Berner, A

Sternlieb, A

机构：

[1] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Phys, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel

[2] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Mat Engn, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel

[3] DDR&D IMOD, IL-61909 Tel Aviv, Israel

来源：

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS | 2001年 / 89卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1355285

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We study the lifetime and emission properties of ferroelectric cathodes made of perovskites with the ABO(3) composition. To excite electron emission, we applied negative driving pulses with different amplitudes and durations to the rear electrode of the ferroelectric cathodes. The composition of the samples before and after the experiments was checked by energy dispersive spectroscopy and by Auger electron spectroscopy. The image and the structure of the emitting surface of the samples were studied by scanning electron microscopy. It was found that the lifetime of the tested cathodes depends strongly on their composition as well as on the parameters of the driving pulse. Namely, the driving pulse causes a substantial damage in lead-zirconium-titanate-type samples and a structural change in the surface of barium-titanate-type samples. In addition, fast deterioration was found in the emission properties of the tested cathodes along with increasing number of driving pulses. We discuss our results within the framework of the incomplete surface discharge model. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

引用

页码：4480 / 4485

页数：6

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