INFRARED PHOTOEMISSION FROM SILICON

Ramon U. Martinelli

Applied Physics Letters · 1970 · 63 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Infrared photoemission from p-type silicon has been observed with a threshold of 1.1 eV. The surface of the sample has been activated to a state of effective negative electron affinity. The escape depth for thermal photoelectrons is 5.5μ (microns) and surface escape probability is 0.18.

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