TY - JOUR

T1 - INVESTIGATION OF TRANSIENT PROCESSES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD-ELECTRON EMISSION FROM GERMANIUM.

AU - El Nimr, M. K.

AU - Egorov, N. V.

AU - Fursei, G. N.

PY - 1975/1/1

Y1 - 1975/1/1

N2 - An investigation was made of transient processes occurring in the establishment of steady-state field-electron emission from germanium. These processes are due to the finite time needed for changes in the space-change region after the application of an electric field. A residual relaxation effect was observed. This effect occurred in fields corresponding to parts II and III of the current - voltage characteristic. The effect depended strongly on the anode voltage and on the magnitude and sign of a steady-state bias applied in advance of the pulses. The observations are explained by postulating charging of the trapping centers located in the space-charge region of the semiconductor field emitter.

AB - An investigation was made of transient processes occurring in the establishment of steady-state field-electron emission from germanium. These processes are due to the finite time needed for changes in the space-change region after the application of an electric field. A residual relaxation effect was observed. This effect occurred in fields corresponding to parts II and III of the current - voltage characteristic. The effect depended strongly on the anode voltage and on the magnitude and sign of a steady-state bias applied in advance of the pulses. The observations are explained by postulating charging of the trapping centers located in the space-charge region of the semiconductor field emitter.

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M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0016532341

VL - 17

SP - 171

EP - 172

JO - Physics of the Solid State

JF - Physics of the Solid State

SN - 1063-7834

IS - 1

ER -