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In CO₂-laser irradiation of thick microdisk foils, a significant fraction of the absorbed laser energy is found to be coupled to the rear surface. Moreover, Kα and fast-ion emission has given, for the first time, direct evidence that the rear surface is subjected to considerable bombardment, by the transport of hot electrons around the target.
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Ebrahim et al. (1979) studied this question.
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