Title :
Electron and ion emission from liquid metals
Author :
Baskin, L.M. ; Fursey, G.N. ; Shirochin, L.A.
Author_Institution :
State Univ. of Telecommun., St.Petersburg, Russia
Abstract :
The researches of field emission from liquid metal surface showed that the process consists of two basic stages. At the first stage the hydrodynamic instability develops on a surface of a conducting liquid and, as a result, the microstructures with a high amplification factor of the external field are formed. At the second stage, under the action of a strong field, the emission processes are initiated
Keywords :
electron field emission; field ion emission; liquid metals; electron emission; field emission; high amplification factor; hydrodynamic instability; ion emission; liquid metals; strong field; Circuits; Current density; Electron emission; Electron sources; Explosions; Ion emission; Microstructure; Space charge; Stability; Surface resistance;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Microelectronics Conference, 1996. IVMC'96., 9th International
Conference_Location :
St. Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3594-5
DOI :
10.1109/IVMC.1996.601906
