Field Emission in Vacuum Microelectronics

• Main Author: Fursey, George (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brodie, Ivor (Editor), Schwoebel, Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Microdevices, Physics and Fabrication Technologies
• Subjects: Physics.; Electrical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Physics, general.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Electrical Engineering.

Field emission is a phenomenon described by quantum mechanics. Its emission capability is millions times higher than that of any other known types of electron emission. Nowadays this phenomenon is experiencing a new life due to wonderful applications in the atomic resolution microscopy, in electroni...

Table of Contents:

• Field Electron Emission from Metals
• Characteristics of Field Emission at Very High Current Densities
• Maximum Field Emission Current Densities
• Field Emission In Microwave Field
• Field Emission from Semiconductors
• Statistics of Field Electron Emission
• The Use of Field Emission Cathodes in Electron Optical Systems: Emission Localization to Small Solid Angles
• Advances in Applications.