Review of photocathodes for electron beam sources in particle accelerators

J Schaber, R **ang, N Gaponik - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper compares different photocathodes that are applicable for electron injector
systems and summarizes the development in cathode technology in the last years. The …

Ab initio quantum-mechanical predictions of semiconducting photocathode materials

C Cocchi, HD Saßnick - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ab initio Quantum-Mechanical methods are well-established tools for material
characterization and discovery in many technological areas. Recently, state-of-the-art …

[HTML][HTML] Theory of photoemission from cathodes with disordered surfaces

P Saha, O Chubenko, J Kevin Nangoi, T Arias… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Linear-accelerator-based applications like x-ray free electron lasers, ultrafast electron
diffraction, electron beam cooling, and energy recovery linacs use photoemission-based …

Ultrabright and ultrafast III–V semiconductor photocathodes

S Karkare, L Boulet, L Cultrera, B Dunham, X Liu… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
Crucial photoemission properties of layered III–V semiconductor cathodes are predicted
using Monte Carlo simulations. Using this modeling, a layered GaAs structure is designed to …

Effects of physical and chemical surface roughness on the brightness of electron beams from photocathodes

GS Gevorkyan, S Karkare, S Emamian, IV Bazarov… - … Review Accelerators and …, 2018 - APS
The performance of free electron laser x-ray light sources, and systems for ultrafast electron
diffraction and ultrafast electron microscopy, is limited by the brightness of the electron …

[HTML][HTML] Improved lifetime of a high spin polarization superlattice photocathode

JK Bae, A Galdi, L Cultrera, F Ikponmwen… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Negative Electron Affinity (NEA) activated surfaces are required to extract highly spin-
polarized electron beams from GaAs-based photocathodes, but they suffer extreme …

Demonstration of thermal limit mean transverse energy from cesium antimonide photocathodes

A Kachwala, P Saha, P Bhattacharyya… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The mean transverse energy (MTE) of electrons emitted from cathodes is a critical parameter
that determines the brightness of electron beams for applications, such as x-ray free electron …

Quantum efficiency, photoemission energy spectra, and mean transverse energy of ultrananocrystalline diamond photocathode

A Kachwala, O Chubenko, D Kim, EI Simakov… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The quantum efficiency and mean transverse energy of electrons emitted from a cathode
determine the quality of beams generated from photoinjectors. The nitrogen-incorporated …

Photoemission from advanced heterostructured AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs photocathodes under multilevel built-in electric field

C Feng, Y Zhang, Y Qian, B Chang, F Shi, G Jiao… - Optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
A heterostructured Al_xGa_1-xAs/GaAs photocathode consisting of a composition-graded
buffer layer and an exponential-doped emission layer is developed to improve the …

Effects of surface nonuniformities on the mean transverse energy from photocathodes

S Karkare, I Bazarov - Physical Review Applied, 2015 - APS
The performance of photoinjectors is limited by the lowest value of the mean transverse
energy of the electrons obtained from photocathodes. The factors that influence the mean …