Abstract

Theoretical results are reported on the possibility to observe light emitted from the non radiative surface plasmons which are excited by fast electrons traversing a smooth vacuum-metal boundary. By covering the backside of the metal film with a medium of refractive indexn>1, light can be decoupled from the non radiative plasmons. In the angular intensity distribution this light has a strong characteristic peak exceeding the ordinary transition radiation by a factor of the order of 102.

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