\caption{\footnote{This is a footnote}}
会出现报错:
Error: ! Argument of \@caption has an extra }.
Error: ! Paragraph ended before \@caption was complete.
这是因为floating object里面需要特殊处理footnote
解决方案为
\begin{figure}[ht!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{fig.eps}
\caption{This caption \protect\footnotemark[5] \label{this:figure} }
\end{figure}
\footnotetext[5]{Footnote text be placed here, right after}