Field Emission of Hot Electrons from Tungsten
- 11 June 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 30 (24), 1193-1196
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.30.1193
Abstract
Field emission of hot electrons is observed from a laser-illuminated tungsten tip. The field dependence of the total current is accurately described by a simple theory of barrier penetration.Keywords
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