10–15 Aug 2025
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Advanced Growth and Characterization of Alkali Antimonide Photocathodes for Bright Beam Applications

THP004
14 Aug 2025, 16:00
2h
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

1401 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Poster Presentation MC2 - Photon Sources and Electron Accelerators THP: Thursday Poster Session

Speaker

Tariqul Hasan (Northern Illinois University)

Description

The properties of the photoemitting electron sources are the most determining factors contributing to the performance of the most advanced electron accelerator applications such as particle colliders, X-ray free electron lasers, ultra-fast electron diffraction and microscopy experiments. Therefore, low mean transverse energy (MTE), high quantum efficiency (QE) along with long operational lifetime and robustness under high electric fields and laser fluences must be demonstrated by the photocathode for these bright beam applications. Recent investigations have revealed that the epitaxial growth of single crystal cesium antimonides can be achieved by photocathode growth on lattice matched substrates. In this letter, the experimental setup for highly promising alkali antimonide photocathode growth by molecular beam epitaxy on lattice matched substrates and in-situ characterization with reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) has been presented. To adapt the L-band RF gun of Argonne Cathode Test-stand (ACT) for extensive testing of alkali antimonides in real accelerator conditions, compatible cathode plug design and smooth transportation process have been developed and also described in this paper.

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Author

Tariqul Hasan (Northern Illinois University)

Co-authors

Eric Wisniewski (Argonne National Laboratory) Gongxiaohui Chen (Argonne National Laboratory) John Power (Argonne National Laboratory) Oksana Chubenko (Northern Illinois University) Scott Doran (Argonne National Laboratory)

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