Role of surface structure in photoelectron emission from solid Ne: impurities, defect and low-coordinated sites

• Main Author: Dmitriev, Yu.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України 2012
• Series: Физика низких температур
• Subjects: Low Temperature Spectroscopy and Radiation Effects
• Online Access: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/117422

Electron emission was obtained from a solid Ne sample growing from the gas phase on a low temperature substrate. The surface of the sample was irradiated by the light of an open-source microwave discharge running in the gaseous Ne. The irradiation produces electron emission from the sample. A second gas flow of D₂ was, simultaneously, passed onto the substrate avoiding the discharge zone. Free electrons ejected into a vacuum chamber during the sample growth were detected by means of the electron cyclotron resonance technique. The emission shows nonmonotonic dependence on the impurity D₂ concentration. At small concentration, the electron yield is found to increase significantly at increasing the dopant flow rate, while, at moderate concentrations, the yield tends to decrease with increasing the flow rate. A tentative explanation of the observed effect is presented based on the exceptional properties which the neon-hydrogen solid mixture is believed to have.