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THPD046 | Initial Results on Electron Beam Generation using Pyroelectric Crystals | 4384 |
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Pyroelectric crystals, which produce large surface electric fields during heating and cooling, have been proposed as a mechanism for constructing a stand-alone electron beam source. We report on experimental tests of this concept, using a variety of field emission tips combined with a pyroelectric crystal to produce a low-energy electron beam during thermal cycling. The mechanism is suitable for generating very small electron bunches, with energies up to tens of kilovolts, for use in microaccelerator structures. |