The surface-conduction-type field emission device comprises a substrate made of, for example, glass and pairs of electrodes formed on the substrate in the form of matrix, the electrodes being made of an electrically conductive material such as tin oxide (SnO2), gold (Au), indium oxide (In2O3)/tin oxide (SnO2), carbon or palladium oxide (PdO) and having a fine area and a pair of the electrodes bein