The Richardson formula for thermionic emission is modified in the presence of an electric field which lowers the work function in an effect named for this scientist.
The Richardson formula for thermionic emission is modified in the presence of an electric field which lowers the work function in an effect named for this scientist. A device named for this scientist was first realized in the form of the cat's whisker element, and inserting that device between the base and the collector of a BJT results in this scientist's namesake transistor. This scientist is the alphabetically second namesake of a rule which says that the difference between the metal work function and the electron affinity (*) gives the potential difference at the interface between a metal and an n-type semiconductor. That rule, named after this scientist and Mott, gives the height of his namesake barrier at such a junction, which can be used as part of a rectifying element. For 10 points, identify this physicist who lends his name to a low-voltage-drop, fast-switching diode.
The Richardson formula for thermionic emission is modified in the presence of an electric field which lowers the work function in an effect named for this scientist.
Walter Hermann Schottky