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.

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Field Electron Emission from Metals.- Characteristics of Field Emission at Very High Current Densities.- Maximum Field Emission Current Densities.- Field Emission In Microwave Field.- Field Emission from Semiconductors.- Statistics of Field Electron Emission.- The Use of Field Emission Cathodes in Electron Optical Systems: Emission Localization to Small Solid Angles.- Advances in Applications.