On the limiting density of field emission current from metals

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-110

  Mesyats, G A ^a,b,c,d,e   Uimanov, I V ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTROPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^d SPIE ^*

^e OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive electron emission; Field electron emission

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION CURRENT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; METALS;

CURRENT DENSITY;

EID: 32844465314     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2006.1593408     Document Type: Conference Paper

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