SUN Xiao-juan, HU Li-zhong, SONG Hang, LI Zhi-ming, JIANG Hong, MIAO Guo-qing, LI Da-bing. Fabrication and Field Emission Property of GaAs Microtips Array by Selective Liquid Phase Epitaxy[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2008,29(5): 901-904
SUN Xiao-juan, HU Li-zhong, SONG Hang, LI Zhi-ming, JIANG Hong, MIAO Guo-qing, LI Da-bing. Fabrication and Field Emission Property of GaAs Microtips Array by Selective Liquid Phase Epitaxy[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2008,29(5): 901-904DOI:
Fabrication and Field Emission Property of GaAs Microtips Array by Selective Liquid Phase Epitaxy
GaAs microtips array are fabricated by selective liquid phase epitaxy(LPE).Scanning electron microscopy(SEM) images show that the microtip is pyramid-like with the angle of the opposite sides about 71°.The height of the GaAs microtip is depended on the size of the growth window.In the experiment
the growth window of 60 μm×60 μm results in the microtip height of 42 μm.Furthermore
the field emission property of the tips array is also investigated.Aturn-on field of 5.1 V/μm and a good current stability are obtained.The field emission current increases from 6 μA to 74 μA when the electric field changes from 8.0 V/μm to 11.9 V/μm.The current fluctuation is found not to exceed 3% over a period of 3 hours.Furthermore
the non-linear field emission F-N curve of GaAs microtips array is also studied.The influence of the surface states of electrons and the field penetration are considered to be the reason for the non-linear field emission F-N curve.This achievement reported here represents a significant step towards the application of GaAs microtips array as a field emission material.