Realization of gated field emitters for electrophotonic applications using carbon nanotube line emitters directly grown into submicrometer holes

Abstract

Carbon nanotube field emission pixels with gate electrodes are reported to have been fabricated for the first time. The interesting electronic application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as field electron emitters had not been realized previously because of the difficulty of achieving precisely controlled selective growth of CNTs within a hole of diameter -1 mum (see Figure). [GRAPHICS]