Electron physics of vacuum and gaseous devices

For over fifty years, the electron tube was the dominant component in electronic devices used in communications, industry, and science. By the 1960s, however, the transistor and solid-state technology appeared to render the quaint glowing tubes obsolete.

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Main Author: Sedlacek, Miroslav
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York John Wiley & Sons 1996
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Fields and Orbits
  • 2. Statistical Mechanics and Electron Emission
  • 3. Charged-Particle Dynamics
  • 4. Electron Optics
  • 5. Electron-Optical Tubes and Devices
  • 6. High-Perveance Electron Beams
  • 7. Microwave Tubes
  • 8. Accelerators
  • 9. Gas Discharges
  • 10. Gas Discharge Tubes and Devices
  • 11. Vacuum Technology
  • App. A. Energy Distribution of Fermions
  • App. B. Liouville's Theorem
  • App. C. Beam Loading Admittance
  • App. D. Slow-Wave Structures
  • App. E. Small-Signal TWT Theory
  • App. F. Phase and Group Velocity
  • App. G. Relativistic Formulae
  • App. H. Beam Transport Matrices
  • App. K. Historical References
  • App. L. Nobel Prizes Relevant to Electron Physics
  • App. M. Langmuir-Blodgett Factor
  • App. N. Frequency Bands.