Soft X-Ray Photoemission

Abstract

This work was undertaken to develop a capability to predict photoemission from materials for soft x-ray sources. Soft x-rays have energies of a few keV or less. The Boltzmann equation was solved for the electron flux - from this flux, other quantities of interest may be obtained, e.g., the photoemission yields. Three materials have been examined: aluminum, aluminum oxide, and silicon dioxide. Back photoemission yields are presented in this report for these materials. For aluminum, an extensive series of runs was made. In particular, results were obtained for a series of narrow Gaussian photon distributions from 0.5 to 10 keV and for blackbody spectra over a temperature range from 1 to 10 keV.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADB023353

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People

  • D. J. Strickland

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Birds
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Computer Programs
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Flux
  • Electrons
  • Energy Levels
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Scattering
  • Soft X Rays
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Physics

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics