• Title of article

    Visible light photoemission and negative electron affinity of single-crystalline CsCl thin films

  • Author/Authors

    Yoshikawa، نويسنده , , Genki and Kiguchi، نويسنده , , Manabu and Ueno، نويسنده , , Keiji and Koma، نويسنده , , Atsushi and Saiki، نويسنده , , Koichiro، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    220
  • To page
    226
  • Abstract
    CsCl has been known to show extraordinary photoemission by visible (VIS) light only after ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation. To elucidate this phenomenon, photo yield and photoemission spectrum of a single-crystalline CsCl thin film were measured in ultrahigh vacuum. Photo yield measurements confirmed that photoelectrons were emitted from F-centers induced in the CsCl thin film by preceding UV irradiation. Absence of the similar phenomenon in the NaCl film indicated that VIS photoemission in alkali halides was caused not only by defect formation but also by negative electron affinity.
  • Keywords
    Alkali Halides , Visible and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy , Photoelectron emission , Heterojunctions , Insulating films
  • Journal title
    Surface Science
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Surface Science
  • Record number

    1683902