Large area polycrystalline diamond films as high current photocathodes for linear induction accelerators
Investigations are underway at Los Alamos to develop a new generation of high current, low source temperature photo cathodes able to operate in vacuum environments with pressures above 10e-6 torr without poisoning or degradation of emission properties. Polycrystalline diamond films are emerging as the ideal material for these photocathodes. Robustness, high quantum efficiency and high thermal conductivity are fundamental necessary attributes that are found in diamond. The high electron/hole mobility in the boron doped diamond lattice and the ability to create a negative electron affinity surface through downward band bending allow for high current density emission with quantum efficiencies of 0.5% when illuminated by a ArF laser. We report the results to date toward the development of a four kiloampere photocathode with a source temperature below 5eV for the DARHT linear induction Accelerator
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 626142
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-97-3019; CONF-9708142-; ON: DE98002648; TRN: AD-a339 488
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Diamond 1997, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), 3-8 Aug 1997; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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