Numerical simulation of electron transport
in semiconductor field emitter

V. A. Fedirko
Moscow State University of Technology "Stankin", Moscow, Russia

S. V. Polyakov
Institute for Mathematical Modelling RAS, Moscow, Russia

Parallel algorithm and the results of numerical simulation of electron transport in silicon field emitter are presented. Hot electrons are shown to dominate the emission current. The numerical methods developed can be applied for effective simulation of a whole vacuum microcell of semiconductor field emitter array for vacuum microelectronics.

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