Comparative Measurements of Photoelectron Emission in Bulk Samples and Island Films of Silver

Abstract

The photoelectron emission has been studied of silver island films excited by a laser pulse of 10-ns duration at three wavelengths: 355, 532, and 1064 nm. It has been shown that, for wavelengths of 355 and 532 nm, the photoemission of island films significantly differs from the photoemission of a bulk sample. For an island film, dependence on the pulse energy characteristic for single-photon emission has been observed at a 355-nm wavelength. It has also been shown that the surface plasmon resonance in nanoparticles significantly affects the photoemission and character of its dependence on the energy of the laser pulse.