DocumentCode
3525965
Title
Thermal field processes in liquid metal ion sources
Author
Ptitsin, V.E.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Anal. Instrum., Russian Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia
fYear
2009
fDate
20-24 July 2009
Firstpage
111
Lastpage
112
Abstract
The emission of excited neutrals and positive ions from the liquid metal surface in electric fields depends on thermal field processes. Such processes include interaction between the liquid metal surface and electron flux of high power density exceeding a threshold value P*, evaporation of neutrals activated by metal electron subsystem excitation, and lastly, field ionization of evaporating neutrals. All these processes are interrelated and cyclic in nature.
Keywords
electric fields; excited states; field ionisation; liquid metal ion sources; positive ions; electric fields; electron flux interaction; excited neutral emission; field ionization; liquid metal ion sources; liquid metal surface; liquid metal surface interaction; metal electron subsystem excitation; neutral evaporation; positive ion emission; thermal field processes; Atomic layer deposition; Current density; Electron emission; Ion emission; Ion sources; Ionization; Iron; Surface treatment; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, 2009. IVNC 2009. 22nd International
Conference_Location
Shizuoka
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3587-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-3588-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IVNC.2009.5271565
Filename
5271565
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