Title :
Progress in securing the foundations of field-assisted electron emission theory
Author :
Forbes, Richard G. ; Deane, Jonathan H B
Author_Institution :
Adv. Technol. Inst., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of a re-examination of the wave-mechanical theory of electron emission across an exact triangular barrier. This is a fourth-generation treatment of a problem first addressed by Fowler and Nordheim in 1928, subsequently by other researchers. The outcome is a transparent derivation of an exact general analytical formula (previously found by Jensen) and the identification of numerous special cases in which specific approximations to the general formula apply.
Keywords :
electron emission; Fowler-Nordheim theory; exact triangular barrier; field-assisted electron emission theory; wave-mechanical theory; Approximation methods; Electron emission; System-on-a-chip; Tunneling; Fowler-Nordheim theory; cold field electron emission; exact triangular barrier; transmission coefficient; tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Nanoelectronics Conference (IVNC), 2011 24th International
Conference_Location :
Wuppertal
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1243-2
