A new effect concerning the interaction of electromagnetic waves with surfaces is represented. It was observed that when organic molecules, like naphthalene and aniline, were absorbed on a metal surface, enhanced photoemission signals were detected. The signal as a function of the wavelength of the illuminated light reflected the absorption spectrum of the absorbent. This effect was called the surface-enhanced photoionization.

Date Published: 13 August 1993
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 1972, 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel: Optoelectronics and Applications in Industry and Medicine, (13 August 1993); doi: 10.1117/12.151129

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1972:
8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel: Optoelectronics and Applications in Industry and Medicine
Moshe Oron; Itzhak Shladov; Yitzhak Weissman, Editor(s)