New Photocathode Materials for Electron-ion-colliders
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New Photocathode Materials for Electron-ion-colliders
Zhaozhu Li, Kaida Yang, Jose M.
Riso and R. Ale Lukaszew1 Department of Physics, College of William and Mary
2 Department of Applied Science, College of William and
Mary
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Acknowledgements
College of William and Mary
Professor R. A. LukaszewDr Jose RisoKaida Yang
Doug Berringer
Jefferson Lab
Dr Matt PeolkerDr Marcy Stuzman
Funding
Department of Energy
Award #DE-SC0008546
Principal InvestigatorR. A. Lukaszew
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Outline
• INTRODUCTION:
About the Goal and Photocathodes
• APPROACHES:
To Find A Metal-based Photocathodes Able to Sustain High Currents
• REALIZATION:
Schematic Design and Experiment Setup
• ON THE WAY:
Premilinary Results and Future Plan
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Goal
robust metal-based photocathode
large currents
spin-polarizedcurrents
Electron Ion Collider(EIC)
eRHIC: 50mA polarized e-beam
eRHIC and MEIC: 100mA unpolarized e-beam
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1 http://www.bnl.gov/cad/eRhic/2 http://www.jlab.org/conferences/qcd2012/talks/wednesday/Pawel%20Nadel-Turonski.pdf
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Semiconductor Photocathodes
Strained Superlattice GaAs/GaAsP
Polarization 90%
Quantum Efficiency 1%
Polarized e-beam:
Many optionsMulti-alkali photocathodes
GaAs, etc
Unpolarized e-beam:
Quantum Efficiency 10%≦
Pressure ~ E-10 torrSensitive to contamination
Life time ~ hours or daysResponse time ~ 10s picosecs
More stable to environment contamination
Life time ~ yearsResponse time ~ picosecs
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Metal-based PhotocathodesQE: much lower than that of semiconductor photocathodes
High reflectivity Short escape depth
High Work Function
High number of scattering events step A step Bstep B
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Surface Plasmon Resonance(SPR) A:
• SPR: Electrons oscillates coherently on a metal boundary• Excitation: satisfying dispersion relationship
• We need to enhance the wave vector to excite the surface plasmon resonance
• Grating method to excite SPR
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1 A. Hibbins, "Grating Coupling of Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Visible and Microwave Frequencies", phd thesis
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Additional layer to lower the work functionB:
Metal
Substrate
MgO
Theoretical Prediction
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Additional layer to lower the work functionB:
Metal
Substrate
MgO
Theoretical Prediction
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1 L. Giordano et al, Phs Rev B 73, 045414 (2005)2 T Konig et, al,J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 11301
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AFM characterization a Ag/MgO sample
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SPR measurements
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Ag ~ 41.5 degree
MgO/Ag ~ 48.8 degree
The 1st 20s MgO shows two flat dips in SPR figure between 43 to 47 as shown in purple. The 2nd 20sMgO sample also shows two dips but the flat region from 1st sample is more likely to be one time occasion since the other results seem to have the same tendency.
The results for different sputtering time of MgO up to 40s show a very similar SPR angle~ 48.8 degree.(The total internal reflection angle has been adjusted to be the same position for different measurements.) However, the Rpp reaches to a low level region~less than 1.5V from 43.5 to 55.5 degree
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Schematic Design
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1 Transport Fork
2 A New Arm: Manipulator
3 Faraday Cup
4 Sample holder and sample
5 Laser light
6 Additional fork to help transport the sample
Sample preparation in-situ under ultra high vacuum ~ E-9 torr
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Loadlock Overview
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Simulation• Under two excitation methods: k vector to excite to be the same
prismsp Sinc
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Mathematic program to simulate SPR
Calculate the SPR angleunder grating scheme
Find resonance angle
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Experiment Setup
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Experiment Setup
Grounding
Keithley Picoammeter
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Experiment Setup
Ceramic Isolated with Chamber
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Experiment Setup
Grounded
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Experiment Setup
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Experiment Setup
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Preliminary results
•Aspects of our setup have been tested using the photocathode experimental system at JLab
• Current very small ~ E-2 picoA •We just finish setting up this week!
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Fine tuning photocurrent measurement
Blocking spurious light: The current increases from 0.083pA to ~0.089pA
Rotating polarization with respect to pattern on sample: The current decreases to 0.085 pA and again goes up to ~0.087pA
~10 degrees ~60 degrees ~80 degrees
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Conclusions and Future Plans
• We use SPR and MgO thin film coating in our experimental approach to achieve suitable metal-based photocathodes.
• The results are still very preliminary and further improvements and calibration will be conducted.
• We will try more energetic photons for efficient photocathode excitation (e.g. blue, at 400nm has an energy of 3.1 eV compared to the ~0.8 eV in IR light). For that we will use a tighter pattern for the diffraction grating (going from CD to bluray DVD). We will update our simulations to this new geometry to establish the thickness so that the SPR can be excited at 45 degrees incidence.
Polarized current?
• Our ultimate goal is to deposit a magnetic material such as "silmanal", which is a silver alloy with Mn and Al. This belongs to the so-called "Heussler alloys“ known for their high degree of polarization
• Silmanal is magnetic and therefore it can be used to spin-polarize the photo-electrons. The major constituent of the alloy is silver. Hence our preliminary studies on Ag photocathodes.
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