Spatial correlation of photo-induced and thermionic electron emission from low work function diamond films

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-16

  Neugebohrn, Nils ^a,b   Sun, Tianyin ^a   Koeck, Franz A M ^a   Hembree, Gary G ^a   Nemanich, Robert J ^a   Schmidt, Thomas ^b   Falta, Jens ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doped diamond; Electron emission; PEEM; Thermionic emission

Indexed keywords

DOPED DIAMONDS; LOW-WORK-FUNCTION SURFACE; NEGATIVE ELECTRON AFFINITY; NITROGEN-DOPED DIAMOND; PEEM; PHOTO-ELECTRON EMISSION; SPATIAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; THERMIONIC ELECTRON EMISSION;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON EMISSION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY CONVERSION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMIONIC EMISSION; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; WORK FUNCTION;

DIAMOND FILMS;

EID: 84885355464     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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