A NEW CLASS OF LOW‐PRESSURE ARC COLUMNS WITH POSITIVE V‐I CHARACTERISTICS
作者:
H. J. G. Meyer,
G. Ahsmann,
J. W. van der Laarse,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1967)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 4
页码: 124-126
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1967
DOI:10.1063/1.1754875
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
This Letter reports a new class of arc columns in the torr‐pressure range which in a wide range of voltages are voltage‐determined. The arc columns consist of mixtures of some noble gas seeded with tiny amounts of alkali vapor (pressure about 3 × 10−4torr). At a certain critical current a very strong rise, by a factor of 4 or more, in column gradient occurs, accompanied by very striking visual changes in the column. An explanation in terms of the concept of ``donor depletion'' is given, the ``donor'' atoms being the alkali atoms. Possibilities for practical applications are mentioned.
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