MEASUREMENT OF MULTIPLE-ELECTRON EMISSION IN SINGLE FIELD-EMISSION EVENTS

Authors
PIESTRUP MA PUTHOFF HE EBERT PJ
Citation
Ma. Piestrup et al., MEASUREMENT OF MULTIPLE-ELECTRON EMISSION IN SINGLE FIELD-EMISSION EVENTS, Journal of applied physics, 82(11), 1997, pp. 5862-5864
Citations number
18
Journal title
Journal of applied physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218979
Volume
82
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
5862 - 5864
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(1997)82:11<5862:MOMEIS>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Thermal and field electron emission from a modified electron microscop e W source were measured with an energy-dispersive counting system. Th ermal-emission spectra were consistent with random emission of single electrons, while field-emission spectra were consistent with multiple- electron emission in random events. As many as 11 electrons were detec ted in isolated random field-emission events. (C) 1997 American Instit ute of Physics.