Electron field emission from multilayered tetrahedral amorphous carbon films

X. Shi; L. K. Cheah; S. R.P. Silva; B. K. Tay; H. S. Yang; Z. Sun

doi:10.1557/proc-498-215

Electron field emission from multilayered tetrahedral amorphous carbon films

X. Shi^*, L. K. Cheah, S. R.P. Silva, B. K. Tay, H. S. Yang, Z. Sun

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Nanyang Technological University

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The electron emission switching property of the multilayer structures, which constitute of nitrogen doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon (n⁺-ta-C) film and intrinsic ta-C layer fabricated by the filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) technique has been investigated. Low voltage DC bias (9V) was applied between the top and bottom layers in conjunction with the conventional electric field applied between the cathode and anode. It has been demonstrated that by varying the low DC bias polarity, the on-set electric field for the electron emission can be varied by approx. ±6 V/μm compared to the unbiased situation. A possible mechanism for the multilayer field emission and the switching property is proposed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-220
Number of pages	6
Journal	Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume	498
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-498-215
Publication status	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1997 MRS Fall Symposium - Boston, MA, USA Duration: Dec 1 1997 → Dec 4 1997

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Electron field emission from multilayered tetrahedral amorphous carbon films

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