Interaction of a Nonrelativistic Electron Beam with a Semiconductor Cylinder in an External Magnetic Field

Abstract

The paper presents a theoretical study of electrostatic oscillations in a cylindrical system, which represents an electron beam surrounded by a semiconductor of finite thickness adjacent to a dielectric or a perfectly conducting metal. The system is placed in a finite axial magnetic field. The results of the analysis show that space charge waves (the drift waves) and cyclotron waves could he unstable. It is also shown that as the external magnetic field or the collision frequency of electrons increases the growth rates of the instabilities decrease.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADP013976

Entities

People

  • A. F. Rusanov
  • V. M. Yakovenko

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Collisions
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Cyclotron Waves
  • Cyclotrons
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Particle Beams
  • Physical Properties
  • Semiconductors
  • Space Charge

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster