SECONDARY ELECTRON EMMISSION FROM SPECIALLY PREPARED TARGETS.
Abstract
The research involved a basically new technique, that of using frozen gases at 77K temperature (boiling nitrogen) as semi-conducting surfaces. Surfaces of frozen xenon and of frozen carbon dioxide were formed on an underlying conductor. Thickness estimated to range from 25 atomic layers to 20,000 layers were produced. Under impact of a primary electron beam a surface charge developed on the film. The size of the charge could be controlled by the potential of a surrounding collector electrode. The apparent conductivity of the xenon film was considerably greater than that of the carbon dioxide film, an observation which seems to show the relative ease with which electrons can pass through the respective films. It was not found possible to cause a charge to reside on the film surface for a protracted period.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0602547
Entities
People
- Julius Brown
- Robert N. Varney
Organizations
- Washington University in St. Louis