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COPPER PHOTOCATHODES DEVELOPMENTS AT ASTEC. R. Valizadeh Accelerator Science and Technology Centre Science & Technology Facility Council, UK. Outline. Overview of work done at other accelerator centres Photocathode preparation program at Daresbury Lab.
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COPPER PHOTOCATHODESDEVELOPMENTS AT ASTEC R. Valizadeh Accelerator Science and Technology Centre Science & Technology Facility Council, UK
Outline Overview of work done at other accelerator centres Photocathode preparation program at Daresbury Lab
Important Properties of Photocathodes High Quantum efficiency Fast response time Uniform emission Low as possible emittance (atomically flat) Have reasonably high operating life time at vacuum level 10-9 to 10-10Torr range. Easy to fabricate, reliable, reproducible QE and emittance after cathode cleaning and re-activation.
Why Metal Photocathodes Metal cathodes have fast response time 10-15 to 10-14 seconds. They are robust and can survive years at high cathode fields to produce high brightness beam However due to the high work function UV photons are needed for reasonable QE.
Variation of Emittance and QE with laser wavelength and spot size
Vacuum suitcase for transportation of prepared photocathode to RF Gun.
Initial Programme Establish reliable and reproducible sample preparation procedure to minimise the final surface carbon contamination. (done at SLAC) Prepare atomic flat surfaces for single crystal and poly-crystalline copper. Produce engineered rough surface. Determine QE for different method of surface regeneration (Ar, H and Ozone cleaning) Determination of surface roughness after each procedure. Identify the effect each individual residual gas species(H2, CO, CO2, H2O and CH3) on QE degradation. Optimization of wide band gap coating (CsBr) on copper. Study the effectiveness of the Vacuum suitcase.