Ebook: Field Emission in Vacuum Microelectronics

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 electronic holography, and in the vacuum micro- and nanoelectronics in general. The main field emission properties, and some most remarkable experimental facts and applications, are described in this book.

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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 electronic holography, and in the vacuum micro- and nanoelectronics in general. The main field emission properties, and some most remarkable experimental facts and applications, are described in this book.

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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 electronic holography, and in the vacuum micro- and nanoelectronics in general. The main field emission properties, and some most remarkable experimental facts and applications, are described in this book.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Field Electron Emission from Metals....Pages 1-17
Characteristics of Field Emission at Very High Current Densities....Pages 19-30
Maximum Field Emission Current Densities....Pages 31-56
Field Emission In Microwave Field....Pages 57-69
Field Emission from Semiconductors....Pages 71-104
Statistics of Field Electron Emission....Pages 105-114
The Use of Field Emission Cathodes in Electron Optical Systems: Emission Localization to Small Solid Angles....Pages 115-136
Advances in Applications....Pages 137-169
Back Matter....Pages 171-205

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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 electronic holography, and in the vacuum micro- and nanoelectronics in general. The main field emission properties, and some most remarkable experimental facts and applications, are described in this book.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Field Electron Emission from Metals....Pages 1-17
Characteristics of Field Emission at Very High Current Densities....Pages 19-30
Maximum Field Emission Current Densities....Pages 31-56
Field Emission In Microwave Field....Pages 57-69
Field Emission from Semiconductors....Pages 71-104
Statistics of Field Electron Emission....Pages 105-114
The Use of Field Emission Cathodes in Electron Optical Systems: Emission Localization to Small Solid Angles....Pages 115-136
Advances in Applications....Pages 137-169
Back Matter....Pages 171-205
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