<正>Two types of transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes grown by molecular beam epitaxy are compared in terms of activation process and spectral response,one has a gradient-doping structure and the other has a uniform-doping structure.The experimental results show that the gradient-doping photocathode can obtain a higher photoemission capability than the uniform-doping one.As a result of the downward graded band-bending structure,the cathode performance parameters,such as the electron average diffusion length and the surface electron escape probability obtained by fitting quantum yield curves,are greater for the gradient-doping photocathode.The electron diffusion length is within a range of from 2.0 to 5.4μm for doping concentration varying from 1019 to 1018 cm-3 and the electron average diffusion length of the gradient-doping photocathode achieves 3.2μm.
Two types of transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes grown by molecular beam epitaxy are compared in terms of activation process and spectral response, one has a gradient-doping structure and the other has a uniform-doping structure. The experimental results show that the gradient-doping photocathode can obtain a higher photoemission capability than the uniform-doping one. As a result of the downward graded band-bending structure, the cathode performance parameters, such as the electron average diffusion length and the surface electron escape probability obtained by fitting quantum yield curves, are greater for the gradient-doping photocathode. The electron diffusion length is within a range of from 2.0 to 5.4μm for doping concentration varying from 10^19 to 10^18 cm^-3 and the electron average diffusion length of the gradient-doping photocathode achieves 3.2 μm.