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Observation of a charge limit for photocathode electron guns

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OSTI ID:10125655
The Photocathode Electron Gun (PEG) at SLAC is required to produce bunch intensities of up to 10{sup 11} electrons within 2 ns (8 Amps). Operation of PEG has demonstrated a `Charge Limit` phenomenon, whereby the charge that can be extracted from the gun with an intense laser beam saturates at significantly less than 10{sup 11} electrons (the expected `Space Charge Limited` charge) when the photocathode Quantum Efficiency is low. We report studies of this Charge Limit phenomenon observed with a GaAs photocathode.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
10125655
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB--6019; CONF-9211182--2; ON: DE93006948
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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