SMALL-DIVERGENCE ELECTRON-BEAMS PRODUCED BY MULTIPHOTON EXCITATION OF METALLIC SURFACES

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MOUSTAIZIS, SD [1 ]
TATARAKIS, M [1 ]
DOUKAS, AG [1 ]
FOTAKIS, C [1 ]
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[1] ARISTOTELIAN UNIV SALONIKA,SCH ENGN,GR-54006 SALONIKA,GREECE
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10.1063/1.104946
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The angular distribution of photoelectrons produced by laser-induced four-photon excitation in gold metalic targets is reported. Laser-target interaction time effects have been investigated by using two Nd:YAG laser emitting at 1.06-mu-m pulses of 35 ps and 20 ns duration. Both lasers produced four-photon electron angular distributions of 9-degrees +/- 2-degrees full width at half maximum. This width was independent from the intensity of the picosecond laser up to the breakdown threshold at a laser intensity of 1.4 GW/cm2. In contrast, the distribution produced by the nanosecond pulses was broadened at intensity levels higher than 60 MW/cm2, which is indicative of a significant contribution from thermionic emission. These results are compared to those obtained by D. Charalambidis, E. Hontzopoulos, C. Fotakis, Gy. Farkas, and Cs. Toth [J. Appl. Phys. 65, 2843 (1989)], for single photon excitation by using a KrF excimer laser.
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