Activation experiments and quantum efficiency theory on gradient-doping NEA GaAs photocathodes

Jijun Zou; Zhi Yang; Jianliang Qiao; Pin Gao; Benkang Chang

doi:10.1117/12.745944

19 November 2007 Activation experiments and quantum efficiency theory on gradient-doping NEA GaAs photocathodes

Jijun Zou, Zhi Yang, Jianliang Qiao, Pin Gao, Benkang Chang

Proceedings Volume 6782, Optoelectronic Materials and Devices II; 67822R (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.745944
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2007, Wuhan, China

Abstract

Two gradient-doping GaAs photocathodes were designed and activated, the achieved highest integral sensitivity for the gradient-doping cathode is 2178μA/lm, which is much higher than that of uniform-doping cathode. The increase in the integral sensitivity is attributed to the electric field induced in the active layer of gradient-doping cathode. We analyze the transported mechanism of gradient-doping cathodes and solve the quantum efficiency equations of exponential-doping cathode, which is a special gradient-doping cathode with a constant induced electric field, from the one-dimensional continuity equations. According to these equations, we calculate the theoretical quantum yield of the exponential-doping cathodes, and compare the performance of exponential-doping cathodes with that of uniform-doping cathodes. The theoretical results show that the exponential-doping structure can increase the quantum yield of photocathodes evidently, for the transmission-mode cathodes the increase is even more pronounced.

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Jijun Zou, Zhi Yang, Jianliang Qiao, Pin Gao, and Benkang Chang "Activation experiments and quantum efficiency theory on gradient-doping NEA GaAs photocathodes", Proc. SPIE 6782, Optoelectronic Materials and Devices II, 67822R (19 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.745944

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