NOISE MEASUREMENTS AS A TOOL IN ELECTRON DEVICE RESEARCH.

Abstract

The first part of the report reproduces published papers whereas the second part deals with unpublished research. The published papers deal with: (1) Apparent noise suppression in thin-film diodes caused by traps; (2) Noise suppression in space-charge-limited field-emission cathodes; (3) A Hanbury Brown-Twiss type circuit for measuring small noise signals against a large noise background; (4) Noise in cathodoluminescence light; (5) Noise in the light emission and electron emission of MgO cold emitters; (6) Noise in field-emission diodes. The unpublished research deals with noise in secondary electron emission, in thin-film cathodes and thin-film devices and in transmission-type secondary emission. The equivalence of the particle and the wave picture of photon noise is shown. Finally there is a section on noise in the light output of a scanned cathoderay tube screen caused by screen inhomogeneities. For the experimental set-up used here the r.m.s. fluctuation in light intensity amounts to a few percent and the noise spectrum extends to about 50 kc/s. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1966
Accession Number
AD0638297

Entities

People

  • A. Van Der Ziel

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Emitters
  • Field Emission
  • Films
  • Photoexcitation
  • Secondary Emission
  • Space Charge
  • Thin Films

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
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