[HTML][HTML] 100 years of the physics of diodes

P Zhang, Á Valfells, LK Ang, JW Luginsland… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The Child–Langmuir Law (CL), discovered a century ago, gives the maximum current that
can be transported across a planar diode in the steady state. As a quintessential example of …

Foundations of DC plasma sources

JT Gudmundsson, A Hecimovic - Plasma Sources Science and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A typical dc discharge is configured with the negative cathode at one end and a positive
anode at the other end, separated by a gas filled gap, placed inside a long glass cylinder. A …

[HTML][HTML] Space–charge limited current in nanodiodes: Ballistic, collisional, and dynamical effects

P Zhang, YS Ang, AL Garner, Á Valfells… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
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[BOOK][B] Physics of radio-frequency plasmas

P Chabert, N Braithwaite - 2011 - books.google.com
Low-temperature radio frequency plasmas are essential in various sectors of advanced
technology, from micro-engineering to spacecraft propulsion systems and efficient sources …

[HTML][HTML] Transitions between electron emission and gas breakdown mechanisms across length and pressure scales

AL Garner, G Meng, Y Fu, AM Loveless… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This Perspective outlines theoretical, simulation, and experimental studies linking electron
emission and gas breakdown. Many studies have investigated field emission-driven …

[HTML][HTML] Glows, arcs, ohmic discharges: An electrode-centered review on discharge modes and the transitions between them

A Anders - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Ever since they have been studied, gas discharges have been classified by their visual
appearance as well as by their current and voltage levels. Glow and arc discharges are the …

A universal theory for gas breakdown from microscale to the classical Paschen law

AM Loveless, AL Garner - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
While well established for larger gaps, Paschen's law (PL) fails to accurately predict
breakdown for microscale gaps, where field emission becomes important. This deviation …

A tutorial on theoretical and computational techniques for gas breakdown in microscale gaps

AL Garner, AM Loveless, JN Dahal… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Paschen's law (PL), derived based on the Townsend avalanche (TA) condition, is commonly
used to predict gas breakdown. For microscale gaps near atmospheric pressure, TA is …

A tutorial on calculating space-charge-limited current density for general geometries and multiple dimensions

AL Garner, AM Darr, NRS Harsha - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space-charge-limited current (SCLC) remains a critical issue across material phases
(vacuum, gas, liquids, and solids) and timescales. The solution for one-dimensional (1D) …

[HTML][HTML] Unification of field emission and space charge limited emission with collisions

AM Darr, AM Loveless, AL Garner - Applied Physics Letters, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Electron emission plays a vital role in device design for systems with pressures ranging from
vacuum to atmospheric pressure. Nonuniform pressure in vacuum devices and gap sizes …