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Cryogenic Thin-Film Electron Emitters, Pavel Smejtek, David G. Onn, M. Silver Jan 1974

Cryogenic Thin-Film Electron Emitters, Pavel Smejtek, David G. Onn, M. Silver

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Thin‐film electron emitters are described, which operate below 200°K and below a limiting critical applied voltage (νc) in a stable temperature‐independent regime. Current‐voltage characteristics and normal electron energy distributions are presented. Fabrication and operation criteria are outlined. Comparison with temperature‐dependent emitters is made, and possible conduction mechanisms discussed briefly.


Hot Electron Injection Into Dense Argon, Nitrogen, And Hydrogen, Pavel Smejtek, M. Silver, K. S. Dy, David G. Onn Aug 1973

Hot Electron Injection Into Dense Argon, Nitrogen, And Hydrogen, Pavel Smejtek, M. Silver, K. S. Dy, David G. Onn

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Hot electrons have been injected into very dense argon, nitrogen, and hydrogen gases and liquids. The current‐voltage characteristics are experimentally determined for densities (N) of argon, nitrogen, and hydrogen ranging from about 10²⁰ to 10²² cm⁻³ and applied fields (E) ranging from about 10 to 10⁴ V cm⁻¹. The argon data show a square root E∕N dependence of the current. The nitrogen and hydrogen data show a complicated dependence of the current on E∕N due to the rapid thermalization in the region of the image potential of the injected electrons through inelastic collision processes not present in argon. A hydrodynamic‐two‐fluid …


Decay Of Multiple Spin Echoes In Dipolar Solids, C. H. Wang, John D. Ramshaw Nov 1972

Decay Of Multiple Spin Echoes In Dipolar Solids, C. H. Wang, John D. Ramshaw

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this paper we derive a general expression describing the evolution of the transverse nuclear-spin magnetization for the Ostroff-Waugh multiple-spin-echo experiment in dipolar solids. Our approach consists of expressing the formula for the magnetization at even echoes in a form resembling an ordinary time-correlation function, and then evaluating this quantity by means of Zwanzig's projection-operator technique. For long times, we show that under certain conditions the echo envelope decays exponentially, in agreement with experiment. A general expression is obtained for the time constant T* associated with the decay. This result may be used to generate an expansion of 1T …


Existence Of The Dielectric Constant In Rigid-Dipole Fluids: The Direct Correlation Function, John D. Ramshaw Oct 1972

Existence Of The Dielectric Constant In Rigid-Dipole Fluids: The Direct Correlation Function, John D. Ramshaw

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The question of whether the dielectric constant ε exists (is well defined) for a finite fluid system of rigid dipolar molecules is reconsidered and reformulated. It is found that this question can most simply be expressed in terms of the behavior of the position‐ and orientation‐dependent direct correlation function c(r11; r2, ω2). It is shown that ε exists if c satisfies the following two conditions: (a) c~–φ/kT for |r1–r2|>σ, where φ is the dipole‐dipole potential and σ is a length which is large microscopically but small macroscopically. …


New Method For Generating Density Expansions, John D. Ramshaw Sep 1972

New Method For Generating Density Expansions, John D. Ramshaw

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The calculus of finite differences is used to develop a new method for expressing the thermodynamic limit of a reasonably arbitrary statistical?mechanical average as a power series in the number density ?. The method is simple, straightforward, and purely analytic: it involves no intermediate expansion in powers of the activity and it avoids the use of graph theory. Moreover, the method is developed independently of the prescription for computing the statistical average, a fact which lends to the results an especially wide range of applicability. In particular, these results may be used in classical or quantum statistical mechanics, for intermolecular …


New Thin-Film Tunnel Triode Using Amorphous Semiconductors, Pavel Smejtek, R. F. Shaw, H. Fritzsche, M. Silver, S. Holmberg, S. R. Ovshinsky Apr 1972

New Thin-Film Tunnel Triode Using Amorphous Semiconductors, Pavel Smejtek, R. F. Shaw, H. Fritzsche, M. Silver, S. Holmberg, S. R. Ovshinsky

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

A new thin‐film tunnel triode is discussed which uses a p‐type amorphous film to achieve amplification of injected current from a tunnel cathode. It is not only the basis for a new semiconductor device but also suggests a novel method for measuring electrical properties of semiconductors.


Comment On Electron Scattering In The Image Potential Well, Pavel Smejtek, M. Silver Oct 1971

Comment On Electron Scattering In The Image Potential Well, Pavel Smejtek, M. Silver

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Comments are made on the model of electron injection into SiO₂ proposed by Berglund and Powell. Their assumptions on electron scattering, disregarding the change of the escape cone with the distance from the emitter, lead to serious underestimation of the injected current. Two alternative models of electron injection, based solely on elastic scattering are discussed and do not predict the experimental results. We suggest that observed field dependence of the injected current into SiO₂ indicates that energy relaxation associated with the injected electrons is responsible for the voltage dependence of the current.


On The Molecular Theory Of Dielectric Polarization In Rigid‐Dipole Fluids, John D. Ramshaw Aug 1971

On The Molecular Theory Of Dielectric Polarization In Rigid‐Dipole Fluids, John D. Ramshaw

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

A molecular theory is developed for the polarization P(r) produced by a weak position‐dependent external electric field E0(r) in a finite fluid system, of arbitrary shape, composed of rigid polar molecules. The theory differs from earlier work in that no assumption is made concerning the form of the electrostatic constitutive relation. [The usual assumption in this regard is that P(r) = (ε–1) E(r) / 4π, where E(r) is the total Maxwell electric field. The “dielectric constant” ε is well defined only if the relation between P(r) and E(r) …


Dielectric Polarization And Alignment And The Structure Of Polar Fluids, John D. Ramshaw, D. W. Schaefer, John S. Waugh, J. M. Deutsch Feb 1971

Dielectric Polarization And Alignment And The Structure Of Polar Fluids, John D. Ramshaw, D. W. Schaefer, John S. Waugh, J. M. Deutsch

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

An analysis is made of the information about the structure of dense polar fluids which resides in the dielectric constant, the Kerr constant, and the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) quadratic electric field effect. The inadequacy of the "local-field" model for liquids is discussed. The existence of a nonzero molecular hyperpolarizability is shown to destroy an equivalence which would otherwise exist between the Kerr and NMR experiments, and can easily account for apparent discrepancies between the reported Kerr and NMR data for nitrobenzene and nitromethane. A method is presented for removing dielectric boundary effects from statistical averages, so that the averages …


Hot Electron Injection Into Liquid Argon From A Tunnel Cathode, Pavel Smejtek, David G. Onn, M. Silver, P. Kumbhare May 1970

Hot Electron Injection Into Liquid Argon From A Tunnel Cathode, Pavel Smejtek, David G. Onn, M. Silver, P. Kumbhare

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Hot electrons from a tunnel cathode have been injected into liquid argon (99.998% pure) at 87°K. The current vs voltage characteristics indicate that the injected hot electrons thermalize very slowly, losing their energy only by elastic scattering processes and finally by capture by the dilute impurities. The deduced thermalization time and distance are very long compared with that in helium, where bubble formation is responsible for energy loss.


Steady-State And Transient Currents In Organic Liquids By Injection From A Tunnel Cathode, Pavel Smejtek, David G. Onn, M. Silver Apr 1969

Steady-State And Transient Currents In Organic Liquids By Injection From A Tunnel Cathode, Pavel Smejtek, David G. Onn, M. Silver

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Experimental data are presented on the currents induced in organic liquids by injection from a tunnel cathode. The injection level was varied over a wide range resulting in almost no space‐charge limitation to almost complete space‐charge limitation. Results were different from that usually observed in solids, in that at low fields, the steady‐state current was proportional to V², while at high fields the current was proportional to V. By proper choice of electrode spacing and applied voltage, space‐charge‐limited current transients as low as 10⁻¹¹ A∕cm² and 5 sec transit times were observed. A smooth transition between the electrode‐limited and the …