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1Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan. ygotoh@kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
For field emitters with a given surface condition, but different apex radii, there exists an empirical linear relationship between the slopes and intercepts of their Fowler-Nordheim plots. This behavior is quite different from that predicted by the theory with the assumption of a smooth surface. We have already characterized the possible reasons for this discrepancy; one possibility is that the emission area rapidly increases with increase in the apex radius. The previous report (Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part II 32 (1993) L342), however, showed a curved relation between the slope and the intercept of Fowler-Nordheim plots. In the present article, we try to extract the relationship between the emission area and the apex radius needed in order to give a linear relationship between slope and intercept of the F-N plots. As an additional result of the present analysis, the change in work function of the field emitting surface is demonstrated.
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