Penn, D.
and Rendell, R.
(1981),
Surface Enhanced Photoadsorption and Photoyield in Small Spheres, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed December 19, 2025)
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Surface Enhanced Photoadsorption and Photoyield in Small Spheres
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Author(s)
, R W. Rendell
Abstract
Calculations of the photoabsorption and photyield of small metal spheres are reported for photon energies below the plasmon energy. It is found that the excitation of electron-hole paris due to the presence of the surface results in (1) enhancements in the photoabsorption rates and photoyields that are typically 10-102 and (2) similar enhancements in the threshold photoyields of small spheres relative to plane surfaces in agreement with recent experimental results.Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
47
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Journals
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Created October 11, 1981, Updated October 12, 2021