INFLUENCE OF HETEROGENEITY OF AN INSULATING FILM ON ITS ACTIVATION PROCESS AND ON THE PARAMETERS OF THE THERMALLY STIMULATED EXOELECTRON EMISSION OBSERVED FROM IT

Authors
VILENSKII AI KLYUEV VA TOPOROV YP REVINA ES
Citation
Ai. Vilenskii et al., INFLUENCE OF HETEROGENEITY OF AN INSULATING FILM ON ITS ACTIVATION PROCESS AND ON THE PARAMETERS OF THE THERMALLY STIMULATED EXOELECTRON EMISSION OBSERVED FROM IT, Technical physics letters, 23(3), 1997, pp. 248-249
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Technical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637850
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
248 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7850(1997)23:3<248:IOHOAI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The influence of surface heterogeneity of an insulating film on its ex oelectron emission is investigated. It is shown experimentally that th e thermally stimulated exoemission spectra of control samples and samp les irradiated for the purpose of creating local regions with a higher electrical conductivity are substantially different, even though the combined surface area of the regions of the film having an irradiation -modified structure comprises an insignificant fraction of the total s urface area of the film. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.