Field-driven photoemission from nanostructures quenches the quiver motion

Nature

Volumn 483, Issue 7388, 2012, Pages 190-193

  Herink, G ^a   Solli, D R ^a   Gulde, M ^a   Ropers, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ELECTRON; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WAVELENGTH;

ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; FIELD PHOTOELECTRON EMISSION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTION; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID;

EID: 84857933233     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10878     Document Type: Article

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