A simple approximation for the current-voltage characteristics of high-power, relativistic diodes

Ekdahl, Carl

doi:10.1063/1.4953654

Title: A simple approximation for the current-voltage characteristics of high-power, relativistic diodes

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A simple approximation for the current-voltage characteristics of a relativistic electron diode is presented. The approximation is accurate from non-relativistic through relativistic electron energies. Although it is empirically developed, it has many of the fundamental properties of the exact diode solutions. Lastly, the approximation is simple enough to be remembered and worked on almost any pocket calculator, so it has proven to be quite useful on the laboratory floor.

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1258623

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-22699
Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748; RSINAK

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Review of Scientific Instruments

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS

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  title        = {A simple approximation for the current-voltage characteristics of high-power, relativistic diodes},

  author       = {Ekdahl, Carl},

  abstractNote = {A simple approximation for the current-voltage characteristics of a relativistic electron diode is presented. The approximation is accurate from non-relativistic through relativistic electron energies. Although it is empirically developed, it has many of the fundamental properties of the exact diode solutions. Lastly, the approximation is simple enough to be remembered and worked on almost any pocket calculator, so it has proven to be quite useful on the laboratory floor.},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Fri Jun 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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