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photoemission

American  
[foh-toh-i-mish-uhn] / ˌfoʊ toʊ ɪˈmɪʃ ən /

noun

Physics.
  1. photoelectric effect.


photoemission British  
/ ˌfəʊtəʊɪˈmɪʃən /

noun

  1. the emission of electrons due to the impact of electromagnetic radiation, esp as a result of the photoelectric effect

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photoemission Scientific  
/ fō′tō-ĭ-mĭshən /

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Origin of photoemission

First recorded in 1915–20; photo- + emission

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"Our measurements clearly prove that 'Floquet effects' occur in the photoemission spectrum of graphene," says Dr. Marco Merboldt of the University of Göttingen, the study's first author.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2025

Scientists have used photoemission to confirm flat-band states in various 2D materials.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

To do so, researchers typically carry out photoemission experiments, in which they shine a single photon of light onto a sample, that in turn kicks out a single electron.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

Observation of Dirac cone band dispersions in FeSe thin films by photoemission spectroscopy.

From Nature • Mar. 18, 2018

Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we observe a pair of quasi-two-dimensional Dirac cones near the Fermi level with a mass gap of 30 millielectronvolts, which correspond to massive Dirac fermions that generate Berry-curvature-induced Hall conductivity.

From Nature • Mar. 18, 2018

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