Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth
THP018
Cesium telluride photocathodes: PLD assisted epitaxial growth
Photocathodes are fundamental to the advancement of electron accelerators and photon detectors. While ultrasmooth photocathodes produced by co-deposition processes have been developed, their beam brightness remains limited by surface and bulk disorders inherent to polycrystalline structures. Epitaxial growth offers a transformative pathway to address these challenges, enabling the production of high-brightness electron beams. This work reports the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) assisted epitaxial growth of Cs2Te photocathodes on lattice-matched single-crystal substrates. Real-time growth monitoring via X-ray fluorescence (XRF) confirmed stoichiometric composition, while growth oscillations provided insights into the deposition process. The epitaxial nature of the films, characterized by a flat surface and high crystallinity, is validated through reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED). Bulk crystallinity was further studied through X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. Spectral response of quantum efficiency (QE) with wavelength range 200 nm to 400 nm has been reported
  • K. Mondal, M. Goawei, K. Evans-Lutterodt, J. Jordan-Sweet, P. Saha
    Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • E. Echeverria, C. Pennington
    Cornell University (CLASSE)
  • T. Juffmann
    University of Vienna
  • S. Karkare
    Arizona State University
  • J. Maxson
    Cornell University
  • S. Molen, W. Stam
    Leiden University
  • J. Smedley
    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  • R. Tromp
    IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center
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