Definition of Field emission

1. Noun. The emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field.

Generic synonyms: Emission

Definition of Field emission

1. Noun. (physics) the emission of electrons from a metal or semiconductor, under the influence of a strong electric field, by quantum tunneling ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Emission

field brome
field capacity
field chamomile
field chickweed
field coil
field corn
field cricket
field day
field days
field dependence-independence
field depth
field diaphragm
field dress
field effect
field effects
field emission (current term)
field emission display
field emission microscope
field emission microscopes
field emission microscopy
field emission tube
field event
field fever
field game
field garlic
field general
field goal
field goals

Literary usage of Field emission

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2001)
"It has very serious effects both on field emission and Q-degradation. ... However, a serious field emission was observed in the Class 1000 clean environment ..."

2. The New Everyday: Views on Ambient Intelligenceby Stefano Marzano by Stefano Marzano (2003)
"The superb field-emission properties of carbon nanotubes are especially interesting, and have led to the successful demonstration of ..."

3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"The voltage pulse formed by the Blumlein is impressed across the tube diode, which consists of an insulating and vacuum-holding structure, field-emission ..."

4. Small Business Innovation Research: Program Solicitation (1993)
"Grant applications are also invited on the development of techniques for improving the high voltage stand-off and reducing the field emission from high ..."

5. Small Business Innovation Research: Abstracts of Phase I Awards (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"One previous experiment based on this model has been carried out and has demonstrated suppression of field emission by up to six orders of magnitude and ..."

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