Abstract
A FEW months ago, C. N. Smyth1 published preliminary results on a new source of energy loss in space-charge-limited diodes at high frequencies. This energy loss was due to the space-charge between the electrodes, and hence it was called 'total emission damping' ; it is a transit time effect occurring at ultra-high frequencies only. The same effect was observed a few years ago at this Laboratory at about 100 Mc. After reading Mr. Smyth's communication we took up this subject again.
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Smyth, C. N., Nature, 157, 841 (1946).
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VAN DER ZIEL, A. Total Emission Damping in Diodes. Nature 159, 675–676 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159675b0
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