Accession Number:
AD0680196
Title:
TECHNIQUE FOR LOCATING AND MAPPING THE SURFACE DENSITY OF MICRON-SIZED ASPERITIES USED AS COLD-CATHODE ELEMENTS.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND FORT MONMOUTH N J
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1968-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
12.0
Abstract:
In order to understand the effects of field emission from asperities, it is necessary to make direct field-emission-current measurements of individual asperities. A procedural and evaluation technique has been refined using a modified Muller microscope with a motion resolution of 0.006 micrometers 60 A, which accurately determines the location and density of micron-sized asperities. The surface of a film of molybdenum metal containing asperities is scanned by means of a fine probe tip of positive potential with respect to the sample. The equipment is described and the technique used for locating individual asperities in order to give a field-emission contour of the metal surface is reviewed. Results on experimental samples are discussed the criterion for the electric field strength of the asperities is discussed. Author
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment
- Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods