Proposal for a Workshop in the Physics and Application of Hollow Electrode GlowSwitches

摘要

The purpose of the 1989 NATO ARW was to develop applications for and an improvedunderstanding of the physics for high current emission and conduction observed in hollow cathode-hollow anode switches including the pseudospark and back-lighted thyratron (BLT). New applications include highly emissive cathodes for microwave devices, accelerators and free electron lasers, high power tubes, electron and ion-beams, microlithography. accelerators, and other plasma devices. Recent research has produced this new generation of gas-phase plasma switches that are characterized by very high current emission and conduction while operating in a