Published June 13, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Polarized electron source operation at average currents of several milliamperes

  • 1. Institut fuer Kernphysik der Universitaet Mainz, 55118 Mainz (Germany)

Description

The assumption of a constant charge per lifetime of NEA photocathodes was tested at polarized electron currents of several mA. Polarized electrons were produced from bulk GaAs photocathodes by laser illumination with a photon energy close to the band gap. We demonstrate that cathode heating, ion trapping and increased relative beam loss due to space charge effects may lead to reduction of charge lifetime. We also find that cathode lifetime increases by a factor four when we increase the photon energy to 2.3 eV

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
915
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1019-1024
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
17. international spin physics symposium
Dates
2-7 Oct 2006
Place
Kyoto (Japan)

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(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics