Transition from Fowler-Nordheim field emission to space charge limited current density

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Feng, Y ^a   Verboncoeur, J P ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOWLER-NORDHEIM FIELD EMISSION; METAL-VACUUM INTERFACE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE-IN-CELL CODE; QUANTUM MECHANICAL TUNNELING;

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

ELECTRON EMISSION;

EID: 33746807633     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2226977     Document Type: Article

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