Abstract
Excited by an energetic electron beam, field enhanced electron emission from a silicon nanomembrane is examined by using a local current probe. The experiments reveal clear transitions from conventional secondary electron emission (SEE) to sub-threshold field electron emission (SFE) and then to conventional field electron emission (FEE). An electron yield of more than 104 is obtained and a model of sub-threshold emission is verified. Ultra sensitive charge/particle detectors could be realized by implementing sub-threshold field emission in nano scale structures, where electron excitations occur within the screen depth of surface electric field.
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