Fundamental processes for electric breakdown, ie, electrode emission and bulk ionization,
as well as the resultant Paschen's law, are reviewed under various conditions. The effect of …

Space–charge limited current in nanodiodes: Ballistic, collisional, and dynamical effects |
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Microwave discharges (MD) are widely used as a source of non-equilibrium low pressure
plasma for different applications. This paper reviews the methods of microwave plasma …

Homeland security and military defense technology considerations have stimulated intense
interest in mobile, high power sources of millimeter-wave (mmw) to terahertz (THz) regime …

In this Letter, the novel physics of higher harmonic (HH) generation of the normal electric
field near a dielectric surface is reported in multipactor induced plasma ionization …

Vacuum radio-frequency (rf) breakdown is one of the major factors that limit operating
accelerating gradients in rf particle accelerators. The occurrence of rf breakdowns was …

The effect of an artificially enhanced rough surface on the secondary electron yield (SEY)
was investigated both theoretically and experimentally. Analytical studies on triangular and …

Dielectric window breakdown is a serious challenge in high-power microwave (HPM)
transmission and radiation. Breakdown at the vacuum/dielectric interface is triggered by …

Recent progress made in the prediction, characterisation, and mitigation of multipactor
discharge is reviewed for single‐and two‐surface geometries. First, an overview of basic …

The secondary electron emission (SEE) from materials used in high power RF devices in
space is the main trigger and sustaining mechanism of the resonant avalanche electron …