ISSN:
1432-0630
Keywords:
79.40
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The energy distribution of electrons thermal-field emitted from carbon fibres and post-accelerated up to 25 keV has been measured. At low total emission currents (of the order of nano-amperes) the energy distribution of the emitted electrons agrees, at room temperature, with the theoretical prediction for the free-electron model, and at elevated temperatures (up to 1520 K) the energy spread is about 0.1 eV higher than predicted. This difference may be explained by assuming that the emission occurs from sharp microfibrils. With increasing current the energy distribution becomes broadened. It is shown that this broadening is independent of the tip temperature and most probably due to Coulomb interaction of the beam electrons in regions of high current density within the electron optical system.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00901282
