Field Electron Emission from Metals -- Characteristics of Field Emission at Very High Current Densities -- Maximum Field Emission Current Densities -- Field Emission In Microwave Field -- Field Emission from Semiconductors -- Statistics of Field Electron Emission -- The Use of Field Emission Cathodes in Electron Optical Systems: Emission Localization to Small Solid Angles -- Advances in Applications
Summary
"Field electron emission (FEE) is a unique quantum-mechanical effect of electrons tunneling from a condensed matter (solid or liquid) into a vacuum. This book presents the phenomenon of FEE per se, its governing relationships, attainable parameters of the field emission process, and its application to problems of vacuum microelectronics."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-191) and index