NASA NTRS · 19900024907
Electron tunnel sensor technology
Abstract
The recent development of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy technology allows the application of electron tunneling to position detectors for the first time. The vacuum tunnel junction is one of the most sensitive position detection mechanisms available. It is also compact, simple, and requires little power. A prototype accelerometer based on electron tunneling, and other sensor applications of this promising new technology are described.
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Waltman, S. B., Kaiser, W. J.. 1989-10-01. Electron tunnel sensor technology. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19900024907
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