摘要:
Described herein is a field ionization and electron impact ionization device consisting of carbon nanotubes with microfabricated integral gates that is capable of producing short pulses of ions.
摘要:
Large increases in field emission current can be achieved when operating carbon nanotubes in substantial pressures of hydrogen, especially when the nanotubes were contaminated. Integrally gated carbon nanotube field emitter arrays were operated without special pre-cleaning in 10−6 Torr or greater of hydrogen to produce orders of magnitude enhancement in emission. For a cNTFEA intentionally degraded by oxygen, the operation in hydrogen resulted in a 340-fold recovery in emission.
摘要:
A method of making an integrally gated carbon nanotube field ionization device comprising forming a first insulator layer on a first side of a substrate, depositing a conductive gate layer on the first insulator layer, forming a cavity in the substrate by etching a second side of the substrate to near the first insulator layer, wherein the second side is opposite the first side and wherein a portion of the first insulator is over the cavity, etching an aperture in the portion of the first insulator layer and the conductive gate layer to form an aperture sidewall, depositing a second insulator layer, removing the second insulator layer from the top surface, depositing a metallization layer over the second insulator layer, depositing a catalyst layer on the metallization layer and growing a carbon nanotube from the catalyst layer.
摘要:
A method of producing electrons via photoemission comprising providing diamond doped p-type with boron, treating a surface of the diamond by exposing it to atomic hydrogen inside an ultrahigh vacuum chamber, illuminating the surface with photons, and extracting the photoemitted electrons. A chemically stable visible light photoemission electron source comprising a diamond film having a surface terminated with hydrogen and a light source.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for regulating the emission current from a single (macroscopic) field emitter, from groups of emitters within a large (microscopic) array, or from each cell within an array is described. The apparatus includes an additional aperture, fabricated at each field emitter array cell, to create and electron energy filter. The filter aperture of the electron energy filter is similar to the gate aperture but located above or in front of the gate aperture, and is held at a positive potential lower than the gate. The filter allows only those electrons with energy greater than some minimum (the cutoff energy) to pass through. A current-limiting circuit is placed in series with the gate aperture, limiting the total current of electrons that do not pass through the filter. Thus, emission from low energy states is limited without limiting emission from states near the Fermi level.
摘要:
There is disclosed a releasable lock mechanism for an extension ladder comprising a bell crank lever attachable to a fly rail of the ladder through a first pivot, and having first and second joined arm segments extending generally forward and downward, respectively, from their juncture. The first arm segment has at its front a head movable by pivoting of the lever between first and second positions at which the head will and will not, respectively, engage base rungs of the ladder. A tongue with a tip is attached to a lower part of the lever's second arm segment through a second pivot. Attachable to the rail is a frame operable during downsliding of the ladder's fly section to guide translatory movement of the tongue so that strikings of its tip by base rungs of the ladder are effective to pivot the lever to permit its head to pass by such rungs. When the lever head engages the top of a base rung to lock the fly section from downsliding, the tongue is held against flapping about the second pivot.
摘要:
This disclosure concerns bonding a thin film of diamond to a second thick diamond substrate in a way that does not cause the exposed (un-bonded) diamond surface to become contaminated by the bonding process or when the bonded diamond is held at high temperature for many hours in vacuum.
摘要:
A field emitter is disclosed comprising a graded electron affinity surface ayer. The graded electron affinity layer provides for increased transconductance, reduced energy distribution of emitted electrons, reduced noise and increased uniformity in its operation.
摘要:
This disclosure concerns bonding a thin film of diamond to a second thick diamond substrate in a way that does not cause the exposed (un-bonded) diamond surface to become contaminated by the bonding process or when the bonded diamond is held at high temperature for many hours in vacuum.
摘要:
A method of producing electrons via photoemission comprising providing diamond doped p-type with boron, treating a surface of the diamond by exposing it to atomic hydrogen inside an ultrahigh vacuum chamber, illuminating the surface with photons, and extracting the photoemitted electons. A chemically stable visible light photoemission electron source comprising a diamond film having a surface terminated with hydrogen and a light source.