Abstract
A theoretical model that predicts the unexpectedly high photocurrents that were reported by Farkas et al. [J. Phys. B $31,$ L461 (1998)] for the photoelectric effect in gold at midinfrared laser wavelengths $(12\ensuremath{\mu}\mathrm{m})$ is presented. It is shown that the observed effect, a nominally 46-photon process at threshold, is a stepwise and multiple-order process, which is strongly saturated at the moderate laser intensity of about $\ensuremath{\sim}10{\mathrm{M}\mathrm{W}/\mathrm{c}\mathrm{m}}^{2}.$ The $\ensuremath{\approx}30$-photon-wide energy spectrum of the observed photoelectron current is due to above threshold photoemission. This relatively efficient above threshold effect is due to laser absorption in the long range Coulombic image surface potential.
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