Field emission is a phenomenon described by quantum mechanics. Its emission capability is millions times higher than that of any other known types of electron emission. Nowadays this phenomenon is experiencing a new life due to wonderful applications in the atomic resolution microscopy, in electronic holography, and in the vacuum micro- and nanoelectronics in general. The main field emission properties, and some most remarkable experimental facts and applications, are described in this book.

A compendium of otherwise scattered information on the physics involved in the construction and operation of semiconductor devices at the submicron level. Addressed to people who make such devices, and assumes a solid understanding of solid state physics and electronics, and at least a familiarity w