• DocumentCode
    2653987
  • Title

    Reason for free electrons from the surface of ferroelectrics with a metal lattice structure

  • Author

    Heydari, H. ; Tille, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Theor. Electr. Eng., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    12-16 May 1997
  • Firstpage
    2784
  • Abstract
    This work is an analytical description of a phenomenon known as electron emission from ferroelectrics. The production of free electrons from the surface of ferroelectrics with a metal lattice structure will be explained. An analytical field calculation shows that with a given structure the apparent surface charges of the ferroelectrics produce an electric field, which causes an electron emission from the metal lattice because of the tunnel effect. The emission process is described on the basis of the Fowler-Nordheim formula. After the polarization change of the ferroelectrics, free electrons are produced as a result of the Coulomb interaction. In theory this work analyzes the question of producing high density electron currents by means of ferroelectric materials. The calculated values are compared to empirically found data
  • Keywords
    dielectric polarisation; electron emission; ferroelectricity; Coulomb interaction; Fowler-Nordheim formula; analytical description; electron emission; ferroelectric surface; free electrons; metal lattice structure; polarization change; tunnel effect; Boring; Capacitors; Charge carriers; Electron beams; Electron emission; Ferroelectric materials; Lattices; Polarization; Production; Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4376-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.1997.752765
  • Filename
    752765