Article
The Photoelectric Effect in External Eields
Physics Letters A
Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Pub Date
11-1-2005
Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
Atoms and negative ions interacting with laser photons yield a coherent source of photoelectrons. Applying external fields to photoelectrons gives rise to interesting and valuable interference phenomena. We analyze the spatial distribution of the photocurrent using elementary quantum methods. The photoelectric effect is shown to be an interesting example for the use of coherent particle sources in quantum mechanics.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2005.06.107
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Citation Information
Christian Bracher, John B. Delos, Vassiliki Kanellopoulos, Manfred Kleber, et al.. "The Photoelectric Effect in External Eields" Physics Letters A Vol. 347 Iss. 1-3 (2005) p. 62 - 66 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-delos/109/