Generation of relativistic photoelectrons induced by excimer laser irradiation
- 15 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 45 (4) , 307-309
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.95272
Abstract
For the first time, photoelectrons from a metal surface irradiated by a pulsed excimer laser were accelerated to relativistic energy. The energy, the current density, and the pulse duration of the accelerated photoelectrons were 0.41 MeV, 0.5 A/cm2, and 20 ns, respectively.Keywords
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