Title: Stable Electron Emission from Graphite-Nanoneedles and Their Application to Scanning Electron Microscopes
Abstract: The authors demonstrate both the stable and high brightness field emission from graphite nanoneedle (GRANN) cathode fabricated by simple plasma etching of a graphite rod. Bright electron emission of the order of 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">12</sup> Asr <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-1</sup> m <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-2</sup> ) is obtained from GRANN cathode. As well as the bright emission, a stable emission under high residual pressure (10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-5</sup> torr) is obtained by lightly heating the GRANN cathode (Thermal-FE operation). The performance of the GRANN cathode is demonstrated by the construction of an FE scanning electron microscope (SEM) with the GRANN cathode and clear FE-SEM images are obtained at high residual pressure of the order of 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-5</sup> torr
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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