Experimental confirmation of the Fowler-Nordheim law for large-area field emitter arrays
- 1 July 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 23 (1) , 15-16
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654719
Abstract
It is well known that single field emitters obey the Fowler‐Nordheim (F‐N) relationship. We show here that large‐area emitters, with as many as 106 emitters participating in the emission process, also obey the F‐N law, giving straight lines on such plots.Keywords
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