GENERATION OF HARMONICS DURING SCATTERING OF LASER-RADIATION FROM A METAL-SURFACE HAVING AN ARTIFICIALLY LARGE WORK FUNCTION

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VARRO, S [1 ]
EHLOTZKY, F [1 ]
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[1] UNIV INNSBRUCK, INST THEORET PHYS, A-6020 INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA
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10.1088/0953-4075/28/1/014
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We consider the generation of harmonics during the scattering of laser radiation from a metal surface. The metal will be described by Sommerfeld's free-electron model and we artificially assume the metal to have an infinitely large work function. Contrary to what has been observed for a real metal, in our model the evaluated harmonic rates show the formation of a plateau, if plotted as a function of the harmonic order n. Apparently, the depth of the potential well has some influence on the plateau-formation.
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