Frequency response of multipactor discharge
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Plasmas
- Vol. 5 (1) , 300-304
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872702
Abstract
This paper analyzes the frequency response of a two-surface multipactor in a rf circuit. An equation for the frequency band in which steady state multipactor can occur is derived in terms of the secondary emission properties of the surface, the quality factor of the rf circuit, and the operating voltage. The steady-state multipactor current is also derived, and is shown to be in excellent agreement with numerical computations that follow the temporal evolution of the multipactor discharge.
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