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Frequency converter based on a field electron emitter

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An electron field emitter based on a carbon nanotube is considered as a frequency converter of the voltage applied to its electrodes. This property of the emitter relates to the nonlinear form of the current-voltage characteristic described by the classical Fowler-Nordheim expression. Calculations show that the number of higher harmonics in the spectrum of the emission current increases upon a decrease in the applied voltage and with increasing relative amplitude of the ac signal.

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  1. Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University), Krasnokazarmennaya ul. 14, Moscow, 111250, Russia

    G. S. Bocharov

  2. Russian Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute,”, pl. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    A. V. Eletskii

  3. KINTECH Lab., pl. Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    A. V. Eletskii

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Original Russian Text © G.S. Bocharov, A.V. Eletskii, 2012, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 156–160.

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Bocharov, G.S., Eletskii, A.V. Frequency converter based on a field electron emitter. Tech. Phys. 57, 154–156 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784212010057

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