FABRICATION OF A DIAMOND FIELD EMITTER ARRAY

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OKANO, K [1 ]
HOSHINA, K [1 ]
IIDA, M [1 ]
KOIZUMI, S [1 ]
INUZUKA, T [1 ]
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[1] AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN & ELECTR,SETAGAYA KU,TOKYO 157,JAPAN
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10.1063/1.111460
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A diamond field emitter array has been fabricated. by Chemical vapor deposition. Diamond was grown on an inverted pyramidal-shape Si substrate followed by removal of the substrate. The fabricated array was placed in a high vacuum pumping system with the pressure of approximately 10(-7) Torr and the emission current as a function of the anode voltage was measured. The distance between the tungsten anode and the diamond surface was held constant at 100 mum throughout the measurement. As a result, a current larger than 10(-4) A was obtained for an anode voltage of 6 kV A linear relationship in the Fowler-Nordheim plot indicated the existence of electron field emission from the fabricated diamond field emitter array.
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