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Point cathode electron gun using electron bombardment for cathode tip heating

Iiyoshi et al., 1988

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Document ID
12742220059912256818
Author
Iiyoshi R
Takematsu H
Maruse S
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Microscopy

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A new type of point cathode electron gun has been developed. In this gun, a straightened thin tungsten wire is used as the cathode and only the tip part is locally heated by a bombarding electron beam (5 keV,≦ 1 mA) from a heater assembly set inside the Wehnelt …
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