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