Variation of field enhancement factor near the emitter tip
arXiv:1705.06867 · doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2017.10.016
Abstract
The field enhancement factor at the emitter tip and its variation in a close neighbourhood determines the emitter current in a Fowler-Nordheim like formulation. For an axially symmetric emitter with a smooth tip, it is shown that the variation can be accounted by a factor in appropriately defined normalized co-ordinates. This is shown analytically for a hemi-ellipsoidal emitter and confirmed numerically for other emitter shapes with locally quadratic tips.
5 pages, 6 figures
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