TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROMETER.

Abstract

Initial transmission measurements made with helium, at electron energies high enough to allow rapid work, confirm expectations of the capability of the spectrometer to measure cross sections. A new coaxial-line geometry for the hydrogen-spark pulsed light source has been adopted which will operate at a much higher repetition frequency than the mica-capacitor source it replaces. Most of the experimental work during the quarter has consisted of driftbiasing measurements, in which electron time-offlight spectra taken at various electrode potentials are compared in order to establish proper settings for electrode contact potential compensation and to establish a technique in which the emission and transmission spectra can be determined simultaneously with gas samples present. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0469247

Entities

People

  • G. C. Baldwin

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitors
  • Compensation
  • Electrodes
  • Electron Energy
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Hydrogen
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Mica Capacitors
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Microwave Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics