Enhancement of field emission from cathodes with superthin diamond-like carbon films

Universal characteristics of resonant-tunneling field emission from nanostructured surfaces

“…In addition to revealing intriguing properties of electron transport at the nanoscale, the intense and highly coherent electron beams extracted from such nanotips have found useful applications in projection electron holography. 6 More recently, a number of field-emission studies of 2D (quantum film), 1D (quantum wire), 7,8 and 0D (quantum dot) 9 semiconductor systems have also demonstrated clear deviations from Fowler-Nordheim behavior. In particular, discrete current peaks, an anomalously low threshold field for electron emission and regions of negative differential conductance have all been observed in the current-voltage (I-V) field-emission characteristics.…”

Observation of the resonance tunneling in field emission structures

“…[5][6][7] Another approach includes use of a field emission structure with a quantum well ͑QW͒. [5][6][7] Another approach includes use of a field emission structure with a quantum well ͑QW͒.…”

Silicon doped diamond-like carbon films as a coating for improvement of electron field emission

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The low electron affinity, chemical endurance, and high thermal conductivity of DLC films allow one to greatly enhance the emission parameters of Si emitters. To improve the emission properties of silicon tip emitters coating with diamond-like carbon ͑DLC͒ films is widely used.…”