Abstract
We investigate the kinetic-energy spectra of electrons emitted from a metal cluster following laser excitation. This is done in the framework of a coupled ionic and electronic dynamics. Properly chosen laser parameters, leading to gentle excitations, yield kinetic-energy spectra which nicely resolve the multiphoton processes for each occupied state separately. This gives access to the single-particle energies in clusters, provided one works at sufficiently low temperatures and low electron flow.
- Received 3 November 1999
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5090
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