Field Emission of Hot Electrons from Tungsten

Martin J. G. Lee

Physical Review Letters · 1973 · 79 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

Field emission of hot electrons is observed from a laser-illuminated tungsten tip. The field dependence of the total current is accurately described by a simple theory of barrier penetration.Received 5 March 1973DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.1193©1973 American Physical Society

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