VACUUM ELECTRON SOURCES: theory, materials, structures, devices and their applications
(field emission, photo emission, thermal emission, photo-enhanced field emission)

MATERIALS, STRUCTURES AND CHARACTERIZATION:

• Novel cathode devices, fabrication and measurement methods

• Novel cathodes based on carbon and new materials

• Nano-gap and space-charge physics

• Micro- and nanostructures for vacuum generation and measurement

• Photo-induced emission and ultrafast electron sources

• Micro plasmas and discharges, RF Breakdow

DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS:

• X-ray and electron imaging

• Displays, sensors and actuators

• Lithography, electron microscopy and spectroscopy of surfaces

• Thermionic energy converters

• Nanoscale vacuum electronic transistors and novel devices

• Electron sources for satellite needs

• Sources for Linear beam devices, Accelerators, Free Electron Laser