| Autor: |
Johannes Bieker, Richard G. Forbes, Stefan Wilfert, Helmut F. Schlaak |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Vol 7, Pp 997-1006 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2168-6734 |
| DOI: |
10.1109/JEDS.2019.2940086 |
| Popis: |
With a large-area field electron emitter (LAFE), it is desirable to choose the spacings of individual emitters in such a way that the LAFE-average emission current density and total current are maximised, when the effects of electrostatic depolarization (mutual screening) are taken into account. This paper uses simulations based on a finite element method to investigate how to do this for a LAFE with randomly distributed emitters. The approach is based on finding the apex field enhancement factor and the specific emission current for an emitter, as a function of the average nearest neighbor spacing between emitters. Using electrostatic simulations based on the finite element method, the influence of neighboring emitters on a reference emitter being placed at the LAFE centre is investigated. Arrays with 25 ideal (identical) conical emitters with rounded tops are studied for different emitter densities and applied macroscopic fields. A theoretical average spacing is derived from the Poisson Point Process Theory. An optimum average spacing, and hence optimum emitter density, can be predicted for each macroscopic field. |
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