Field emission characteristics at short emitter-to-anode distances: A Rough estimate of the number of admolecules

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 52-57

  Ashihara, Kazuto ^a   Saito, Yasushi ^a   Tsuchida, Shinya ^a   Nakane, Hideaki ^a   Adachi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FEA; Field emission; Relative fluctuation; Residual gas molecules; Short emitter to anode distance

Indexed keywords

ANODES; MOLECULES;

EMITTER-TO-ANODE DISTANCE; RESIDUAL GAS MOLECULES;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 0032090712     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6432(199806)81:6<52::AID-ECJB7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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