The Child–Langmuir Law (CL), discovered a century ago, gives the maximum current that
can be transported across a planar diode in the steady state. As a quintessential example of …

A practical, in-depth description of the physics behind electron emission physics and its
usage in science and technology Electron emission is both a fundamental phenomenon and …

Artificial intelligence platforms, high‐speed computation, and data handling systems
increasingly need energy‐efficient systems. Electron emission was fundamental to the …

Scattering-free transport in vacuum tubes has always been superior to solid-state transistors.
It is the advanced fabrication with mass production capability at low cost which drove solid …

Field emission cathodes made from single bulk carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers have
demonstrated high emission currents and long lifetimes. This paper investigates the goal of …

This paper explores direct density modulation of high-current electron beam emission from
an RF cold cathode using optical excitation. We theoretically study the photo-assisted field …

This paper studies field emission (FE) from a single carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber with
different anode-cathode (AK) gap distances. It is found that the field enhancement factor …

Carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber-based emitters have shown great potential to deliver stable,
high current beams for various potential applications. Because of joule heating, CNT field …

Charge carrier transport across interfaces of dissimilar materials (including vacuum) is the
essence of all electronic devices. Ultrafast charge transport across a nanometre length scale …

We report on the existence of a smooth transition from field emission to a self-sustained
plasma in microscale electrode geometries at atmospheric pressure. This behavior, which is …