The invention provides an 
oxide cathode, which particularly comprises the following steps: preparing a 
cathode-based 
metal, and reserving a geometric margin on the 
peripheral surface of an emission layer; pouring 
nickel powder onto the 
cathode-based 
metal by a molding method and putting the entire cathode-based 
metal together with a mold into a 
hydrogen furnace for 
sintering into a 
nickel sponge layer, reserving a certain geometric margin on the prepared 
nickel sponge layer, filling the nickel 
sponge layer with alkali earth metal 
carbonate, mechanically compacting an emission surface of a cathode emission layer, and removing the residual geometric margin; carrying out pre-
decomposition on the 
oxide cathode before 
pipe filling; and clamping the 
oxide cathode on a chuck of a lathe, turning the emission layer and the 
peripheral surface, removing the residual geometric margin, and then wiping away all particles attached to the cathode surface. The cathode surface provided by the invention becomes smooth, regular, bright and clean; a 
hot particle emission angle is reduced; deformation of emission 
electron density distribution is limited; the particle bombardment resistance of the cathode is improved; the sparking probability of the cathode emission surface is reduced; the work stability of the cathode is improved; and the lifetime of the cathode is prolonged.