Cold-cathode electron field emission of boron nitride thin film with a mems-based gate for space applications

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Goldberg, Hannah R ^a   Encarnación, Pedro A ^a   Morris, Dave P ^a   Gilchrisí, Brian E ^a,b   Clarke, Roy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Electrical Engineering and Space Systems

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; COLD CATHODE TUBES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRONS; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION DISPLAYS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NITRIDES; PROPULSION; QUANTUM THEORY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TETHERS; TETHERLINES; THERMIONIC EMISSION;

BORON NITRIDE THIN FILMS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS; ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHER SYSTEM; ELECTRON FIELD EMISSION; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL TUNNELING; STRUCTURAL ROBUSTNESS; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 84891770629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-3499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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2. Encarnación, P. A. et. al, "Electron Field Emission of Cubic Boron Nitride Thin Films"proc. 6th Applied Diamond Conference, 2001
3. th International Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2004 (unpublished).
4. Sarrazin P., et. al: "Carbon-Nanotube Field Emission X-Ray Tube for Space Exploration XRD/XRF instrument" Denver X-ray Conference, ICDD, Newton Square, PA, 2004 (to be published)
5. th Intl. Electric Propulsion Conf., IEPC-01-240, Pasadena, October 14-19, 2001