TY - BOOK AU - Fursey,George AU - Brodie,Ivor AU - Schwoebel,Paul ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Field Emission in Vacuum Microelectronics T2 - Microdevices, Physics and Fabrication Technologies SN - 9780387274195 U1 - 530 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston, MA PB - Springer US KW - PHYSICS KW - OPTICAL MATERIALS KW - PHYSICS, GENERAL KW - OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS KW - ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING N1 - 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 N2 - Field emission is a phenomenon described by quantum mechanics. Its emission capability is millions times higher than that of any other known types of electron emission. Nowadays this phenomenon is experiencing a new life due to wonderful applications in the atomic resolution microscopy, in electronic holography, and in the vacuum micro- and nanoelectronics in general. The main field emission properties, and some most remarkable experimental facts and applications, are described in this book UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b139052 ER -