Author: Ezawa, K.
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THPOPT029 Study on the Performance Improvement of Alkali Antimonide Photocathodes for Radio Frequency Electron Guns 2640
 
  • R. Fukuoka, K. Ezawa, Y. Koshiba, M. Washio
    Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
  • K. Sakaue
    The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Bunkyo, Japan
 
  Semiconductor photocathodes such as Cs-Te and Cs-K-Sb are used as electron sources in accelerators to generate high brightness beams using radio frequency (rf) electron guns. Alkali antimonide photocathodes have a high quantum efficiency (Q.E.) of ~10%, and their excitation wavelength is in the visible light region (532 nm), so that they are expected to reduce the requirements on the optical system and increase the amount of charge compared to Cs-Te. However, alkali antimonide photocathodes have a short lifetime and degrade under poor vacuum conditions, so it is essential to improve durability by protective film coatings. Therefore, we are currently working on the fabrication of high Q.E. alkali antimonide photocathodes that can withstand the Q.E. reduction during coating. In this presentation, we will report the results of comparison between the fabricated alkali antimonide photocathode and Cs-Te photocathode, and future prospects.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-THPOPT029  
About • Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 13 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 17 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 09 July 2022
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