ABSTRACT

Division of Electronic Engineering and Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, United Kingdom

ABSTRACT: The crystal silicon tip arrays have been fabricated on the amorphous silicon films by three-laser beam interference ablation process. By atomic force microscopy (AFM) image observation and analysis, the correlations of the tip array morphology and structure with the characteristics of amorphous silicon films, the laser interference configuration and the laser fluence are established. The fabricated silicon tip arrays can be used as cathodes in the future field emission display.