This work reviews the progress in the area of high current density electron emitters,
specifically for use in high frequency and high-power microwave vacuum electron devices …

During the historical development of Vacuum Electronics a lot of review articles and also
several more extensive textbooks have been written on vacuum electron sources, reflecting …

Introducing up-to-date coverage of research in electron field emission from nanostructures,
Vacuum Nanoelectronic Devices outlines the physics of quantum nanostructures, basic …

Analytically tractable models of thermal-field emission, field enhancement, and heating
mechanisms (Nottingham and resistive) are developed and combined to make estimates of …

Cold field emission (FE) cathodes are being considered as the electron sources for
propellant ionization and ion beam neutralization in electric propulsion systems. Compatible …

Although Fowler and Nordheim developed the basics of field emission nearly one century
ago with their introduction of the Fowler-Nordheim equation (FNE), the topic continues to …

Abstract Blade-Like Field Emitters (BFE), as defined here, are emitters expanded in one
direction, forming a sharp emitting edge instead of a sharp tip. These structures have four …

Electron emission properties of Spindt-type platinum field emission cathodes were
investigated. The current–voltage characteristics together with the current fluctuation during …

Alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers formed on Au (111) surfaces were investigated by
noncontact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM). Dodecanethiol monolayers prepared at 78° …

We describe a new electron source using electric field and low electron affinity
semiconductor materials to bring charge to potential energy levels near the vacuum level …