中国物理B ›› 2011, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (4): 44209-044209.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/4/044209

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Influence of varied doping structure on photoemissive property of photocathode

张益军1, 常本康1, 熊雅娟1, 牛军2   

  1. (1)School of Electronic Engineering and Optoelectronic Technology, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China; (2)School of Electronic Engineering and Optoelectronic Technology, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China;Department of Electron and Electric Engineering, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Nanyang 473004, China
  • 收稿日期:2010-08-10 修回日期:2010-12-14 出版日期:2011-04-15 发布日期:2011-04-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60678043) and the Research and Innovation Plan for Graduate Students of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (Grant No. CX09B_-096Z).

Influence of varied doping structure on photoemissive property of photocathode

Niu Jun(牛军)a)b), Zhang Yi-Jun(张益军) a), Chang Ben-Kang(常本康)a)†, and Xiong Ya-Juan(熊雅娟)a)   

  1. a School of Electronic Engineering and Optoelectronic Technology, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China; b Department of Electron and Electric Engineering, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Nanyang 473004, China
  • Received:2010-08-10 Revised:2010-12-14 Online:2011-04-15 Published:2011-04-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60678043) and the Research and Innovation Plan for Graduate Students of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (Grant No. CX09B_-096Z).

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摘要： The built-in electric fields within a varied doping GaAs photocathode may promote the transport of electrons from the bulk to the surface, thus the quantum efficiency of the cathode can be enhanced remarkably. But this enhancement, which might be due to the increase in either the number or the energy of electrons reaching the surface, is not clear at present. In this paper, the energy distributions of electrons in a varied doping photocathode and uniform doping photocathode before and after escaping from the cathode surface are analysed, and the number of electrons escaping from the surface in different cases is calculated for the two kinds of photocathodes. The results indicate that the varied doping structure can not only increase the number of electrons reaching the surface but also cause an offset of the electron energy distribution to high energy. That is the root reason for the enhancement of the quantum efficiency of a varied doping GaAs photocathode.

关键词: varied doping, photocathode, energy distribution, quantum efficiency

Abstract: The built-in electric fields within a varied doping GaAs photocathode may promote the transport of electrons from the bulk to the surface, thus the quantum efficiency of the cathode can be enhanced remarkably. But this enhancement, which might be due to the increase in either the number or the energy of electrons reaching the surface, is not clear at present. In this paper, the energy distributions of electrons in a varied doping photocathode and uniform doping photocathode before and after escaping from the cathode surface are analysed, and the number of electrons escaping from the surface in different cases is calculated for the two kinds of photocathodes. The results indicate that the varied doping structure can not only increase the number of electrons reaching the surface but also cause an offset of the electron energy distribution to high energy. That is the root reason for the enhancement of the quantum efficiency of a varied doping GaAs photocathode.

Key words: varied doping, photocathode, energy distribution, quantum efficiency

中图分类号:  (Light-sensitive materials)

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42.79.Pw (Imaging detectors and sensors) 71.55.Eq (III-V semiconductors) 72.10.Bg (General formulation of transport theory)