Use of the Image Potential for the Surface Photoelectric Effect
- 15 June 1936
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 49 (12) , 938-939
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.49.938
Abstract
The surface photoelectric effect in metals is calculated taking account of the image force between electron and metal. The result is an increased number of slow electrons and a somewhat steeper maximum of the photoelectric effect as a function of the illuminating frequency. No agreement with experiment is obtained because the reflection and refraction of the light has not been taken into account.Keywords
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