Field Emission from Integrated Planar Graphene Edges

Abstract

We demonstrated field emission from graphene edges integrated with gate and drain electrodes on a common dielectric substrate. We also demonstrated field emission current densities over 1mA/mm, limited by issues unrelated to the field emission process. This work is a first step toward building an integrated vacuum transistor using vacuum transport parallel to the substrate surface. Such a device could overcome the performance limitations caused by semiconductor transport while maintaining the size, weight, fabrication technology, and cost of solid-state devices. As a vacuum transport device, it could operate in high temperature and high radiation environments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 18, 2019
Accession Number
AD1086069

Entities

People

  • Byoung-don Kong
  • J. L. Shaw
  • John B. Boos

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Dielectrics
  • Electron Beam Lithography
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Energy Transfer
  • Fermi Levels
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Field Emission
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Microscopes
  • Semiconductors
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics