Optimal geometry for electron emission from a metallic grating

Authors
Haddad, B Schachter, L
Citation
B. Haddad et L. Schachter, Optimal geometry for electron emission from a metallic grating, APPL PHYS L, 74(8), 1999, pp. 1180-1182
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
74
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1180 - 1182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(19990222)74:8<1180:OGFEEF>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Field emission from a rectangular metallic grating is considered, ignoring space-charge effects. It is shown that there is an optimal geometry of the grooves for extraction of maximum current or current density. (C) 1999 Amer ican Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)00408-8].