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Publication
Physical Review Letters
Paper
Inverse of the photoelectric effect in Al
Abstract
Theoretical predictions for inverse photoemission from free-electron-like materials are tested by measurement of the energy and angle dependence of the emitted photon intensity from Al. The predicted cross-section minimum at the plasma frequency p is observed as well as a characteristic increase below p due to the inverse of the surface photoelectric effect. Above p there is an additional bulklike contribution from the radiative decay of bulk plasmons. Other materials with a well-defined plasma resonance, e.g., Ge and Si, exhibit a similar cross-section behavior. © 1988 The American Physical Society.