Thermionic electron emission from narrow band-gap semiconductors under picosecond laser excitation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4462-4465

  Mao, Samuel S ^a,b   Mao, Xianglei ^a   Yoo, Jong H ^a,b   Greif, Ralph ^a,b   Russo, Richard E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MELTING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

LASER FLUENCE; THERMIONIC ELECTRON EMISSION;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 0032049272     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.367207     Document Type: Article

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