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    EMISSION MECHANISM

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    EMISSION MECHANISM

    The photons of a light beam have a characteristic energy, called photon energy, which
    is proportional to the frequency of the light. In the photoemission process, when an
    electron within some material absorbs the energy of a photon and acquires more energy
    than its binding energy, it is likely to be ejected. If the photon energy is too low, the
    electron is unable to escape the material. Since an increase in the intensity of low-
    frequency light will only increase the number of low-energy photons, this change in
    intensity will not create any single photon with enough energy to dislodge an electron.
    Moreover, the energy of the emitted electrons will not depend on the intensity of the
    incoming light of a given frequency, but only on the energy of the individual photons. [4]

    While free electrons can absorb any energy when irradiated as long as this is followed
    by an immediate re-emission, like in the Compton effect, in quantum systems all of the
    energy from one photon is absorbed—if the process is allowed by quantum mechanics
    —or none at all. Part of the acquired energy is used to liberate the electron from its
    atomic binding, and the rest contributes to the electron's kinetic energy as a free
    particle Because electrons in a material occupy many different quantum states with
    different binding energies, and because they can sustain energy losses on their way out
    of the material, the emitted electrons will have a range of kinetic energies. The electrons
    from the highest occupied states will have the highest kinetic energy. In metals, those
    electrons will be emitted from the Fermi level.

    When the photoelectron is emitted into a solid rather than into a vacuum, the
    term internal photoemission is often used, and emission into a vacuum is distinguished
    as external photoemission.

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