Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Photoemission-based microelectronic devices

  • Ebrahim Forati,
  • Tyler J. Dill,
  • Andrea R. Tao,
  • Dan Sievenpiper

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13399
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Most microelectronic devices today exploit the electronic properties of semiconductors. Here, the authors demonstrate a microelectronic device for free-space electrons by using the enhanced fields in a microstructured metal surface to induce effective photoemission.