Abstract
The effect of backscattered electrons on space-charge limited currents of cylindrical (coaxial) diodes with anode center conductors is studied. The scattered electrons are parametrized by a fractional current density α and fractional energy β of the incident electrons. For bipolar flow, current enhancement factors of 2.5 are calculated for α, β≃0.5. Comparison of the model equations to one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations with fully integrated Monte Carlo scattering algorithms demonstrates very good agreement for a range of energies and anode materials. In the absence of backscattering, the bipolar diode impedance decreases for increasing ratio of cathode to anode radius rc/ra for ratios greater than about 20.
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