Subthreshold field emission from thin silicon membranes

Hua Qin; Hyun Seok Kim; Robert H. Blick; Michael S. Westphall; Lloyd M. Smith

doi:10.1063/1.2805015

Subthreshold field emission from thin silicon membranes

Hua Qin
, Hyun Seok Kim
, Robert H. Blick
, Michael S. Westphall
, Lloyd M. Smith

Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Abstract

We report on strongly enhanced electron multiplication in thin silicon membranes. The device is configured as a transmission-type membrane for electron multiplication. A subthreshold electric field applied on the emission side of the membrane enhances the number of electrons emitted by two orders of magnitude. This enhancement stems from field emitted electrons stimulated by the incident particles, which suggests that stacks of silicon membranes can form ultrasensitive electron multipliers.

Original language	English
Article number	183506
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	91
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2805015
State	Published - 2007

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