[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 …

[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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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) …

[BOOK][B] Modern microwave and millimeter-wave power electronics

RJ Barker, NC Luhmann, JH Booske, GS Nusinovich - 2005 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
A comprehensive study of microwave vacuum electronic devices and their current and future
applications While both vacuum and solid-state electronics continue to evolve and provide …

Simple theory for the two-dimensional Child-Langmuir law

YY Lau - Physical review letters, 2001 - APS
This paper presents, for the first time, a simple analytic theory for the two-dimensional (2D)
Child-Langmuir law. For electron emission over a finite patch on a planar cathode, the …

New scaling of Child-Langmuir law in the quantum regime

LK Ang, TJT Kwan, YY Lau - Physical review letters, 2003 - APS
This paper presents a consistent quantum mechanical model of Child-Langmuir (CL) law,
including electron exchange-correlation interaction, electrode's surface curvature, and finite …

Ultrashort-pulse Child-Langmuir law in the quantum and relativistic regimes

LK Ang, P Zhang - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
This Letter presents a consistent quantum and relativistic model of short-pulse Child-
Langmuir (CL) law, of which the pulse length τ is less than the electron transit time in a gap …

[HTML][HTML] Uniform space-charge-limited current for a two-dimensional planar emitter with nonzero monoenergetic initial velocity

X Zhu, NR Sree Harsha, AL Garner - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
While characterizing space-charge-limited current (SCLC) is important for numerous
applications, no analytical solutions for SCLC with monoenergetic initial velocity exist for two …

On the Child–Langmuir law in one, two, and three dimensions

YY Lau, D Li, DP Chernin - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We consider the limiting current from an emitting patch whose size is much smaller than the
anode–cathode spacing. The limiting current is formulated in terms of an integral equation. It …

Maximum current density and beam brightness achievable by laser-driven electron sources

D Filippetto, P Musumeci, M Zolotorev… - Physical Review Special …, 2014 - APS
This paper discusses the extension to different electron beam aspect ratio of the Child-
Langmuir law for the maximum achievable current density in electron guns. Using a simple …