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1 | (4) |
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5 | (330) |
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2 Quantum Physics and Quantum Formalism |
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7 | (16) |
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7 | (1) |
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2.2 Quantum Characteristics |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (6) |
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2.4 Probability Current and Current Conservation |
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14 | (2) |
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2.5 Quantum Physics versus Classical Physics |
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16 | (2) |
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2.6 Mesoscopic Physics and Characteristic Length |
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18 | (3) |
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2.6.1 Characteristic Length |
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18 | (2) |
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2.6.2 Characteristic Transports |
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20 | (1) |
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2.7 Mathematics in Classical and Quantum Worlds |
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21 | (2) |
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3 Basic Physics of Quantum Scattering and Tunneling |
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23 | (14) |
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3.1 Definitions of Quantum Scattering and Tunneling |
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23 | (1) |
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3.2 Description of Quantum Scattering and Tunneling |
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24 | (2) |
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3.3 Basic Physical Quantities in Quantum Tunneling |
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26 | (1) |
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3.3.1 Transmission and Reflection Coefficients |
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26 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Conductance: Landauer-Buttiker Formula |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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3.4 Relationships between Transmission Coefficient and Scattering Matrix |
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27 | (2) |
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3.5 Basic Properties of Scattering and Transfer Matrices |
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29 | (6) |
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3.6 Constraints of Scattering and Transfer Matrices |
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35 | (2) |
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4 Wave Function Matching Method |
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37 | (24) |
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38 | (2) |
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4.2 Asymmetric Square Barrier Model |
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40 | (3) |
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4.3 Double Square Barrier Model |
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43 | (2) |
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4.4 Multi-Mode Square Barrier Model |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (4) |
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51 | (10) |
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4.6.1 One-dimensional Model |
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51 | (3) |
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54 | (4) |
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58 | (3) |
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61 | (10) |
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5.1 Mathematics of WKB Method |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (1) |
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5.3 Solution of Schrodinger Equation |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (2) |
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5.6 Triangle and Image Potential Barrier |
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67 | (4) |
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6 Lippmann-Schwinger Formalism |
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71 | (12) |
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6.1 Lippmann-Schwinger Equation |
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71 | (2) |
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6.2 Wave Function and S Matrix |
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73 | (1) |
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6.3 Green's Function and T Matrix |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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6.5 Adiabatic Transport Model |
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77 | (2) |
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6.6 Quantum Tunneling in Time-Dependent Barrier |
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79 | (4) |
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79 | (1) |
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6.6.2 Time-Dependent Barrier |
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80 | (3) |
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7 Non-Equilibrium Green's Function Method |
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83 | (14) |
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7.1 Basic Physics of Non-Equilibrium Transport Problems |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (2) |
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7.3 Green's Functions and Self-Energy |
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86 | (2) |
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7.4 Spectral Function, Density of States, and Correlation Function |
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88 | (2) |
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7.5 Definitions and Relationships |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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7.7 Tunneling Model and Master Equation |
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93 | (4) |
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97 | (22) |
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8.1 Tunneling Magnetoresistance Phenomena |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (3) |
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8.3 Giant Magnetoresistance |
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101 | (1) |
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8.4 Spin Tunneling in Spin-Orbital Coupling Semiconductors |
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102 | (8) |
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102 | (2) |
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8.4.2 Ferromagnetic Nanowires |
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104 | (2) |
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8.4.3 Spin-Orbital Coupling Semiconductor |
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106 | (4) |
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110 | (7) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (22) |
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119 | (2) |
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9.2 Theory of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
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121 | (4) |
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9.2.1 Quantum Electron Tunneling and Bardeen's Formula |
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122 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Tersoff-Hamann Formula |
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123 | (2) |
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9.2.3 Non-Equilibrium Green's Function Method |
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125 | (1) |
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9.3 Conductance of Graphene |
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125 | (7) |
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9.3.1 Graphene Nanoribbons Model |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (2) |
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9.3.3 Vacancy and Impurity |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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9.4 Charge Transfer in DNA |
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132 | (8) |
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133 | (2) |
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9.4.2 TG4 and Their Classifications |
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135 | (1) |
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9.4.3 Anomalous Conductance in. NCM(H)TG4 |
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136 | (2) |
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9.4.4 Topological Structure Transition versus Telomerase Activation and Inhibition |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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Field Electron Emission Theory |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (8) |
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10.1 Field Electron Emission Phenomenon |
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143 | (1) |
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10.2 Brief Histroy of Field Electron Emission |
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143 | (1) |
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10.3 Basic Concepts of Field Electron Emission |
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144 | (2) |
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10.3.1 Electron Emissions from Solids |
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144 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Work Function and Field Emission Condition |
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145 | (1) |
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10.3.3 Basic Experiment Components of Field Emission |
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145 | (1) |
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10.3.4 Applications of Field Emission |
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146 | (1) |
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10.4 Basic Issues of Field Electron Emission |
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146 | (2) |
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10.4.1 Theoretical Issues |
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146 | (1) |
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10.4.2 Engineering Issues |
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147 | (1) |
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10.5 Novel Phenomena and Challenges of Field Emission |
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148 | (3) |
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148 | (1) |
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10.5.2 Challenging Problems |
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149 | (2) |
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11 Theoretical Model and Methodology |
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151 | (6) |
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11.1 Theoretical Model of Field Emission |
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151 | (1) |
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11.2 Theoretical Methodology |
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152 | (1) |
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11.2.1 Model and Analytic Solution |
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153 | (1) |
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11.2.2 Computer Simulation |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (4) |
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12 Fowler-Nordheim Theory |
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157 | (52) |
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12.1 Assumptions of Fowler-Nordheim Theory |
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157 | (1) |
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12.2 Fowler-Nordheim Theory |
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158 | (9) |
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12.2.1 Field Emission Equation I: Fowler-Nordheim Method |
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160 | (3) |
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12.2.2 Field Emission Equation II: Young-Gadzuk's Method |
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163 | (1) |
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12.2.3 Field Emission Equation III: R. Forbes' Method |
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164 | (2) |
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12.2.4 Field Emission Equation VI: A. Haug's Method |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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12.4 Beyond Triangular Vacuum Potential Barrier |
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168 | (10) |
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169 | (2) |
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12.4.2 Generalized Triangular Barrier |
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171 | (1) |
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12.4.3 Schottky-Nordheim Barrier: Image Potential Effect |
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172 | (3) |
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12.4.4 Beyond Gamow Exponent Form |
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175 | (1) |
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12.4.5 Emitter Curvature and Field Enhancement Factor |
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175 | (1) |
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12.4.6 Space Charge Effect |
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176 | (2) |
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12.4.7 Small-Scale Effect of Emitter |
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178 | (1) |
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12.4.8 Emission Area and Total Emission Current |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (4) |
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12.5.1 Supply Function Density |
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179 | (1) |
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12.5.2 Transmission Coefficient and Total Energy Distribution |
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179 | (2) |
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12.5.3 Emission Current Density |
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181 | (1) |
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12.6 Finite Temperature Effect |
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182 | (2) |
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12.7 Basic Characteristic of Current-Field Relation |
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184 | (7) |
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12.7.1 Current-Field Characteristic |
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184 | (1) |
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12.7.2 Maximum Emission Current Density |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (5) |
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12.8 Energy Distribution of Emission Electrons |
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191 | (13) |
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12.8.1 Total Energy Distribution (TED) |
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191 | (2) |
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12.8.2 Normal Energy Distribution (NED) |
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193 | (1) |
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12.8.3 Basic Characteristics of TED and NED |
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194 | (8) |
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12.8.4 Measurement of Energy Distributions |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (5) |
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13 Field Emission from Semiconductors |
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209 | (12) |
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13.1 Basic Properties of Semiconductors |
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210 | (2) |
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13.1.1 Energy Band Structure |
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210 | (1) |
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13.1.2 Temperature Dependence of Energy Band Gap |
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210 | (1) |
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13.1.3 Carrier Concentration |
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211 | (1) |
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13.2 Model of Field Emission from Semiconductors |
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212 | (1) |
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13.3 Supply Function Density |
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213 | (1) |
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13.4 Vacuum Potential Barrier and Transmission Coefficient |
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213 | (2) |
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13.5 Total Energy Distribution |
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215 | (2) |
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13.6 Basic Characteristics of Total Energy Distribution |
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217 | (1) |
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13.7 Emission Current Density |
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218 | (3) |
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14 Surface Effects and Resonance |
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221 | (10) |
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14.1 Field Emission Model with Surface Effects |
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221 | (1) |
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14.2 Double-Barrier Vacuum Potential and Transmission Coefficient |
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222 | (4) |
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14.3 Total Energy Distribution |
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226 | (1) |
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14.4 Emission Current Density |
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227 | (4) |
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15 Thermionic Emission Theory |
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231 | (6) |
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15.1 The Richardson Theory of Thermionic Emission |
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231 | (2) |
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15.2 Boundary of Field Emission and Thermionic Emission |
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233 | (4) |
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16 Theory of Dynamical Field Emission |
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237 | (10) |
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16.1 Adiabatic Process and Dynamic Field Emission Model |
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237 | (1) |
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16.2 Supply Function and Time-Dependent Transmission Coefficient |
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238 | (1) |
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16.3 Dynamic Total Energy Distribution |
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239 | (1) |
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16.4 Dynamic Normal Energy Distribution |
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240 | (1) |
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16.5 Dynamic Emission Current |
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241 | (1) |
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16.6 Quantum Tunneling Time |
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242 | (5) |
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17 Theory of Spin Polarized Field Emission |
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247 | (24) |
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17.1 Basic Physics of Spin Polarized Field Emission |
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247 | (2) |
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17.2 Energy Band Spin-Split Model |
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249 | (5) |
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17.2.1 Supply Function and Transmission Coefficient |
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249 | (1) |
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17.2.2 Total Energy Distribution |
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250 | (1) |
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17.2.3 Normal Energy Distribution |
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251 | (1) |
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17.2.4 Emission Current Density and Spin Polarization |
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252 | (2) |
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17.3 Spin-Dependent Triangular Potential Barrier Model |
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254 | (5) |
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17.3.1 Spin-dependent Triangular Potential Barrier and Transmission Coefficient |
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254 | (2) |
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17.3.2 Total Energy Distribution |
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256 | (1) |
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17.3.3 Normal Energy Distribution |
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256 | (1) |
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17.3.4 Emission Current Density and Spin Polarization |
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257 | (2) |
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17.4 Spin-Dependent Image Potential Barrier Model |
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259 | (4) |
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17.4.1 Spin-dependent Image Potential Barrier and Transmission Coefficient |
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259 | (1) |
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17.4.2 Total and Normal Energy Distributions |
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260 | (1) |
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17.4.3 Emission Current Density and Spin Polarization |
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261 | (2) |
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17.5 Finite Temperature Effects |
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263 | (2) |
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17.5.1 Energy-Band Spin-Split Model |
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263 | (1) |
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17.5.2 Spin-Dependent Triangular Potential Barrier Model |
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264 | (1) |
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17.5.3 Spin-Dependent Image Potential Barrier Model |
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264 | (1) |
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17.6 Comparison of Spin Polarizations |
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265 | (1) |
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17.7 A Scheme of Pure Spin Polarized Electron Emission Induced by Quantum Spin Hall Effect |
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266 | (2) |
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17.8 Difficulties and Possibilities of Spin Polarized Field Emission |
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268 | (3) |
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18 Theory of Field Electron Emission from Nanomaterials |
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271 | (34) |
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18.1 Basic Physics of Field Emission from Nanoemitters |
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271 | (2) |
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18.2 Formulation of Field Emission Current Density |
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273 | (6) |
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18.2.1 Supply Function Density |
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274 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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18.2.4 Transmission Coefficient |
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274 | (4) |
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18.2.5 Distribution Function |
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278 | (1) |
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18.2.6 Total Energy Distribution |
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278 | (1) |
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18.2.7 Emission Current Density |
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279 | (1) |
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18.3 Computational Framework |
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279 | (1) |
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18.4 Special Case I: Sommerfeld Model |
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280 | (1) |
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18.5 Special Case II: Nanowires |
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280 | (4) |
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18.6 Special Case III: Coupled Nanowires |
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284 | (6) |
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18.7 Thermionic Emission of Nanowires |
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290 | (2) |
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18.8 Theory of Field Electron Emission from Carbon Nanotubes |
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292 | (11) |
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18.8.1 Energy Dispersion and Density of States |
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293 | (1) |
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18.8.2 Density of States and Group Velocity |
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293 | (1) |
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18.8.3 Supply Function and Transmission Coefficient |
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294 | (1) |
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18.8.4 Total Energy Distribution |
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295 | (1) |
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18.8.5 Emission Current Density |
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295 | (6) |
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18.8.6 Finite Temperature Effect |
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301 | (1) |
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18.8.7 Thermionic Emission |
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301 | (2) |
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18.9 Theory of Luttinger Liquid Field Emission |
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303 | (2) |
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19 Computer Simulations of Field Emission |
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305 | (18) |
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19.1 Basic Idea on Computer Simulation |
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305 | (1) |
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19.2 Formulation of Field Emission Based on Non-Equilibrium Green's Function Method |
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306 | (3) |
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19.2.1 Generalized Supply Function |
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307 | (1) |
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19.2.2 Transmission Coefficient |
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308 | (1) |
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19.2.3 Total Energy Distribution and Emission Current Density |
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308 | (1) |
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19.3 Tight-Binding Approach |
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309 | (10) |
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19.3.1 Computational Formulation |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (2) |
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19.3.3 Total Energy Distribution and Emission Current |
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312 | (1) |
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19.3.4 Computational Framework |
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313 | (1) |
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19.3.5 Basic Properties of Field Emission of SWCN |
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314 | (5) |
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19.4 Cap and Doping Effects |
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319 | (1) |
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19.5 Field Penetration Effect and Field Enhancement Factor |
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320 | (1) |
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19.6 First-Principle Method |
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321 | (2) |
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19.6.1 The Multi-Scale Technique |
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321 | (1) |
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19.6.2 The ab-initio Tight-Binding Method |
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322 | (1) |
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19.6.3 Lippman-Schwinger Scattering Formalism |
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322 | (1) |
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20 The Empirical Theory of Field Emission |
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323 | (4) |
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20.1 The Empirical Theory of Field Emission |
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323 | (1) |
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20.2 The Generalized Empirical Theory of Field Emission |
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324 | (1) |
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20.3 The Empirical Theory of Thermionic Emission |
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325 | (1) |
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20.4 Connection between Empirical Theory and Experimental Data |
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325 | (2) |
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21 Fundamental Physics of Field Electron Emission |
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327 | (8) |
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21.1 Field Emission Behavior and Material Properties |
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327 | (1) |
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21.2 Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Currents |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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21.4 Coherent and Non-Coherent Emission Currents |
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330 | (1) |
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21.5 Electron Emission Mechanism: Nano versus Bulk Effects |
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330 | (1) |
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21.6 Universality versus Finger Effects |
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331 | (1) |
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21.7 Open Problems and Difficulties |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (40) |
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A.1 Basic Properties of S and M Matrices |
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335 | (5) |
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A.1.1 Proof of Theorem 3.5 |
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335 | (1) |
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A.1.2 Proof of Theorem 3.7 |
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336 | (1) |
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A.1.3 Proof of Theorem 3.8 |
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336 | (2) |
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A.1.4 Proof of Theorem 3.9 |
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338 | (2) |
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340 | (3) |
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A.2.1 Proof of Claim 8.1b and Claim 8.2b |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
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A.2.3 Proof of Theorem 8.1 |
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341 | (1) |
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A.2.4 Proof of Theorem 8.2 |
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342 | (1) |
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A.2.5 Proof of Theorem 8.3 |
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343 | (1) |
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A.3 Derivations in Non-Equilibrium Green's Function Method |
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343 | (3) |
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A.3.1 Basic Relationships |
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343 | (1) |
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A.3.2 Non-Equilibrium Current |
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344 | (2) |
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346 | (5) |
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A.4.1 Sommerfeld Model of Metals |
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346 | (2) |
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A.4.2 Crystal Lattice Model and Bloch Theorem |
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348 | (1) |
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A.4.3 Tight-Binding Model |
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349 | (2) |
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A.4.4 Remarks of Solid Model |
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351 | (1) |
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351 | (3) |
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A.5.1 Definition of Density of States |
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351 | (1) |
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A.5.2 Sommerfeld Model (Electron Gas) |
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351 | (1) |
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A.5.3 Beyond Sommerfeld Model |
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352 | (1) |
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A.5.4 Non-Equilibrium Cases |
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353 | (1) |
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A.6 Fermi Wave Vector and Fermi Wavelength |
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354 | (2) |
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A.6.1 Definitions of Fermi Wave Vector and Fermi Wavelength |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (1) |
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A.7 The Widths of TED and NED |
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356 | (2) |
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356 | (1) |
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357 | (1) |
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A.8 Spin Polarized Field Emission |
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358 | (2) |
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A.9 Field Emission from Nanomaterials |
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360 | (3) |
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A.9.1 Nanowire Integration |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (2) |
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363 | (8) |
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363 | (1) |
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A.10.2 Lattice Structure of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCN) |
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364 | (1) |
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A.10.3 Unit Cell and Brillouin Zone of SWCN |
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365 | (1) |
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A.10.4 Energy Dispersion Relation of SWCN |
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366 | (1) |
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367 | (1) |
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A.10.6 Density of States of SWCN |
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368 | (1) |
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A.10.7 Multi Wall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCN) |
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368 | (3) |
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371 | (1) |
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A.12 Field Emission Constants |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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