FIELD-EMISSION MICROSCOPE INVESTIGATION OF OXIDE FORMATION ON MO FIELD EMITTERS

Authors
STEPIEN ZM
Citation
Zm. Stepien, FIELD-EMISSION MICROSCOPE INVESTIGATION OF OXIDE FORMATION ON MO FIELD EMITTERS, Czechoslovak journal of Physics, 43(9-10), 1993, pp. 1029-1033
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Czechoslovak journal of Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00114626
Volume
43
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1029 - 1033
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4626(1993)43:9-10<1029:FMIOOF>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The initial stages of oxide formation on Mo field emitter tips have be en examined with the field emission microscopy and field electron spec troscopy. The oxide formed in situ on Mo tips by thermal treatment in pure oxygen atmosphere was found to be non-uniform with little evidenc e for coherent structure. The electron spectroscopy results are discus sed in terms of the hypothesis that the emission process is a hot-elec tron emission.