Cold-cathode emitter based on a metal-diamond tunneling junction

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 827-829

  Lerner, P ^a   Cutler, P H ^a   Miskovsky, N M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; COLD CATHODE TUBES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

COLD CATHODE EMITTERS; CONDUCTION BAND; METAL DIAMOND TUNNELING JUNCTIONS; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS;

DIAMONDS;

EID: 0031331352     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.654720     Document Type: Article

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