Penn, D.
and Rendell, R.
(1982),
Surface Photoeffect in Small Spheres, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=620219 (Accessed April 30, 2026)
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Surface Photoeffect in Small Spheres
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, R W. Rendell
Abstract
A new method is developed to calculate the photoabsorption and photoyield of small spheres. Numerical results are presented for the case of free-electron spheres for photon energies below the plasmon energies. It is found that the excitation of electron-hole pairs due to the presence of the surface results in enhancements in photabsorption and photoyields that are typically 10-102 r elative to the classical results, which only include the excitation of transverse modes. Futhermore, enchancements of the order 10-102 are found in the photoyield of small spheres relative to plane surfaces. These results are consistent with recent experimental results on a number of non-free-electron materials.Citation
Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
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26
Issue
6
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Created September 15, 1982, Updated April 21, 2026