LASER-INDUCED ELECTRON-EMISSION FROM GRANULAR GOLD-FILMS

Authors
SABARY F BERGERET H
Citation
F. Sabary et H. Bergeret, LASER-INDUCED ELECTRON-EMISSION FROM GRANULAR GOLD-FILMS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 340(1), 1994, pp. 199-203
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
340
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
199 - 203
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)340:1<199:LEFGG>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We report on measurements of the laser-driven electron emission from a granular gold film. The light source was a picosecond Nd:YAG laser. W e illuminated the sample using the harmonics of this laser fundamental frequency (wavelengths 532, 355 and 266 nm). By comparison with a smo oth gold thin film, the emitted current is three orders of magnitude h igher for the granular gold film at 532 nm. This enhancement is due to plasmon resonances in the gold particles. We discuss the possibility of using such a granular gold film as an electron source in a photoinj ector.