Download or read book Field Emission in Vacuum Microelectronics written by George N. Fursey and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-24 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field emission is a phenomenon described by quantum mechanics. Its emission capability is millions times higher than that of any other known types of electron emission. Nowadays this phenomenon is experiencing a new life due to wonderful applications in the atomic resolution microscopy, in electronic holography, and in the vacuum micro- and nanoelectronics in general. The main field emission properties, and some most remarkable experimental facts and applications, are described in this book.