Surface breakdown phenomena in alumina rf windows

Yoshio Saito

doi:10.1117/12.174572

1 May 1994 Surface breakdown phenomena in alumina rf windows

Yoshio Saito

Proceedings Volume 2259, XVI International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174572
Event: XVI International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 1994, Moscow-St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

The multipactor and flashover phenomena of alumina rf windows used in a high-power klystron have been investigated. Multipactoring due to the high yield of secondary electron emission takes place during rf operation. A spectrum analysis of luminescence due to multipactoring shows that multipactor electron bombardment causes an F-center of alumina, thus leading to surface melting. From the results of a high-power examination of rf windows with several kinds of alumina ceramics, it was found that an alumina material with a crystallized grain-boundary and without any voids between the boundaries, thus having a low loss-tangent value, is not liable for F-centers, even under multipactoring. Flashovers in a tree- like pattern of alumina luminescence occasionally take place on a TiN-coated surface where multipactoring is suppressed. A sapphire window, whose surface was polished and having pre- existing F-centers, shows a lower flashover threshold. The annealing effect of polished window surfaces was also investigated.

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Yoshio Saito "Surface breakdown phenomena in alumina rf windows", Proc. SPIE 2259, XVI International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, (1 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174572

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