PHOTON EXCITED FIELD-EMISSION FROM A SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE

被引:9
作者
HERMAN, MH
TSONG, TT
机构
[1] Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0375-9601(79)90636-4
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Field emission from silicon emitters at cryogenic temperatures and low applied fields is found to be greatly enhanced by illumination of low intensity light. Such enhancement persists even when the photon energy is smaller than the band gap energy. At room temperature, the enhancement is too small to be detected. © 1979.
引用
收藏
页码:461 / 463
页数:3
相关论文
共 14 条
[2]   PHOTO-FIELD-EMISSION FROM HIGH-RESISTANCE SILICON AND GERMANIUM [J].
BORZYAK, PG ;
YATSENKO, AF ;
MIROSHNICHENKO, LS .
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI, 1966, 14 (02) :403-+
[3]  
Busch G., 1963, PHYS KONDENS MATER, V1, P367
[4]   OPTICAL-ABSORPTION OF SURFACE STATES AT SI(111)7X7 [J].
CHIAROTTI, G ;
CHIARADIA, P ;
NANNARONE, S .
SURFACE SCIENCE, 1975, 49 (01) :315-317
[5]  
FRANZ W, 1958, Z NATURFORSCH PT A, V13, P484
[6]  
GOOD RH, 1956, HDB PHYSIK, V21, P194
[7]  
Keldysh L. V., 1958, SOV PHYS JETP, V34, P788
[8]   FIELD-EMISSION OF HOT-ELECTRONS FROM TUNGSTEN [J].
LEE, MJG .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1973, 30 (24) :1193-1196
[9]   PERIODIC FIELD-DEPENDENT PHOTOCURRENT FROM A TUNGSTEN FIELD EMITTER [J].
LEE, MJG ;
REIFENBERGER, R .
SURFACE SCIENCE, 1978, 70 (01) :114-130
[10]  
NEUMANN H, 1971, ANN PHYS-BERLIN, V27, P237, DOI 10.1002/andp.19714820303