Laser-Induced Thermionic Emission from Tantalum
- 1 May 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 36 (5), 1522-1525
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1703080
Abstract
We have measured the induced thermionic emission of electrons from tantalum as the result of bombardment with laser beams of up to 105‐W/cm2 peak power density as a function of the tantalum temperature. It is shown that within the power range investigated, the results can be described in detail as thermionic emission resulting from a temperature increase which is calculable from classical heat‐transfer theory.Keywords
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