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FIELD EMISSION ENHANCEMENT AND CONFINEMENT FROM SUPERCONDUCTIVE SURFACES

Award Information

Agency:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
16931 		Program Year/Program:
1991 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
16931 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Tetra Corp
3701 Hawkins Street, NE Albuquerque, NM 87109
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1991
Title: FIELD EMISSION ENHANCEMENT AND CONFINEMENT FROM SUPERCONDUCTIVE SURFACES
Agency: NASA
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $49,954.00
 

Abstract:

THIS PROJECT STUDIES THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A SUPERCONDUCTIVE SURFACE AS THE SOURCE OF ELECTRONS FOR ELECTRON-BEAM DIODE APPLICATIONS. CERAMIC-BASED MATERIALS SUCH AS YBA2CU3O6+X WILL BE TESTED. THE MATERIAL WILL BE DEPOSITED AS A COATING ON A METAL ELECTRODE, AND TESTED IN SOLID FORM. THIS WORK WILL CORRELATE THE FIELD-EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUPERCONDUCTIVE SURFACE WITH THE FIELD-EMISSION FORMULATIONS OF FOWLER-NORDHEIM AND RICHARDSON-DUSHMAN. THE FEASIBILITY OF USING SUPERCONDUCTIVE MATERIALS AS ELECTRON SOURCES FOR BEAM DIODES WILL BE DETERMINED BY DEMONSTRATING COATING INTEGRITYAND SUPERCONDUCTIVE-MATERIAL ELECTRON EMISSION UNDER DC AND HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSED REGIMES. IF THIS CONCEPT IS FEASIBLE, CURRENT DENSITIES OF MORE THAN 100 A/CM(2) WILL BE DEMONSTRATED DURING THE PHASE I PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT STUDIES THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A SUPERCONDUCTIVE SURFACE AS THE SOURCE OF ELECTRONS FOR ELECTRON-BEAM DIODE APPLICATIONS. CERAMIC-BASED MATERIALS SUCH AS YBA2CU3O6+X WILL BE TESTED. THE MATERIAL WILL BE DEPOSITED AS A COATING ON A METAL ELECTRODE, AND TESTED IN SOLID FORM. THIS WORK WILL CORRELATE THE FIELD-EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUPERCONDUCTIVE SURFACE WITH THE FIELD-EMISSION FORMULATIONS OF FOWLER-NORDHEIM AND RICHARDSON-DUSHMAN. THE FEASIBILITY OF USING SUPERCONDUCTIVE MATERIALS AS ELECTRON SOURCES FOR BEAM DIODES WILL BE DETERMINED BY DEMONSTRATING COATING INTEGRITYAND SUPERCONDUCTIVE-MATERIAL ELECTRON EMISSION UNDER DC AND HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSED REGIMES. IF THIS CONCEPT IS FEASIBLE, CURRENT DENSITIES OF MORE THAN 100 A/CM(2) WILL BE DEMONSTRATED DURING THE PHASE I PROGRAM.

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Small Business Information at Submission:

Tetra Corp
4905 Hawkins Ne Albuquerque, NM 87109

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No