Experimental study of a multipactor discharge on a dielectrics surface in a high-Q microwave cavity
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Applied Physics (Russian Federation)
Results from experimental studies of multipactor discharges on the surfaces of various dielectrics placed in a high-Q cylindrical microwave cavity excited at the TE{sub 013} mode in the X-band are presented. The thresholds for the onset and maintenance of a multipactor discharge on quartz, polycrystalline diamond, lithium fluoride, and Teflon surfaces possessing different roughness are determined. It is shown that, in such a resonance system, a steady multipactor discharge can operate without transition into the stage of microwave breakdown of the desorbed gas. It is found that, due to long-term action of the discharge, a thin carbon-containing film is deposited on the dielectric surface, which leads to an increase in the breakdown threshold.
- OSTI ID:
- 21443569
- Journal Information:
- Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 36, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063780X10040033; Copyright (c) 2010 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 1063-780X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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