Which mechanism causes increased electron emission rates in high-field scanning tunneling microscopy?

💡 Explanation

Electron emission increases due to field electron emission via quantum tunneling, because electrons can tunnel through the potential barrier created by the high electric field present at the probe; therefore, emission increases rather than through overcoming the barrier via thermionic emission.

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