RADIATION EFFECTS IN DIELECTRIC MATERIALS.

Abstract

Three substrate materials, Pyrex, fused quartz, and sapphire, with thin-film-evaporated electrodes were irradiated in vacuum and air with high-energy electrons from a linear accelerator at 10 to the 8th and 9th powers rads (Cu)/sec. The major portion of the induced signals in the Pyrex and quartz samples was due to secondary-electron emission. Induced conductance in each of these samples was similar in magnitude. Induced conductance in the sapphire substrate was about thirty times larger than that of the Pyrex or quartz samples and exhibited a short delay component. The observed secondary-emission signals were smaller, as expected, than the generally used value of 5 x 10 th the minus 13th power coulomb/rad-sq cm because of the sample geometry employed to minimize the effects of replacement current. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0816778

Entities

People

  • R. F. Overmyer

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dielectrics
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Films
  • High Energy
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Materials
  • Photoexcitation
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Secondary Emission
  • Silica Glass
  • Thin Films

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene