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Surface physics, thin films

On the mechanism of excitation of plasma oscillations in solids investigated with total external reflection of X-rays

V. M. Stozharov, I. I. Khinich

Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract: The mechanism of excitation of plasma oscillations in solids by the total external reflection of X-rays is considered. It is shown that the main role in the excitation of plasmons in solids is played by slow electrons, which, due to the secondary-electron amplification in thin surface layers of a solid, participate in multielectron emission in the form of electron packets. For silicon carbide, a qualitative calculation of the number of slow secondary electrons generated by X-ray photoelectrons is carried out

Keywords: plasmon, plasma oscillations, electron, electron packet, quantum yield.

Received: 18.11.2020
Revised: 18.11.2020
Accepted: 11.01.2021

DOI: 10.21883/FTT.2021.05.50821.264

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