Author: Rice, S.A.
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WEPAC35 Initial Studies of Multipactor Suppression Via TE and TM Modes 856
 
  • S.A. Rice, J.P. Verboncoeur
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) grant on the Basic Physics of Distributed Plasma Discharges.
The formation of multipactor is strongly dependent upon the secondary electron yield (SEY) of a surface, and the emission velocities of the emitted electrons, in addition to the electric field. Since the secondary electron yield (SEY) of a material is dependent upon the kinetic energy and impact angle of the incident electron, we investigate use TE and TM coaxial cavity modes to modify the impacting electron velocities to reduce the average SEY and suppress multipactor, which builds upon our previous work examining TEM modes.