Author: Freitag, M.
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TUPPD054 Research Activities on Photocathodes for HZDR SRF Gun 1524
 
  • R. Xiang
    FZD, Dresden, Germany
  • A. Arnold, M. Freitag, P. Michel, P. Murcek, J. Teichert
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
 
  Funding: We acknowledge the support of the European Community-Research Infrastructure Activity (EuCARD, contract number 227579), as well German Federal Ministry of Education and Research grant 05 ES4BR1/8.
Since 2005 the photocathode laboratory has been in operation at HZDR. The main goal is to prepare Cs2Te photocathodes for the SRF gun. A vacuum transport system with UHV is used to move the cathodes from preparation lab to accelerator hall. Up to now 31 Cs2Te photocathodes have been deposited and eight of them have been used in the SRF gun. Quantum efficiency of 1% and lifetime of months can be maintained during the gun operation. At the same time activities are directed towards new photocathode materials with high Q.E. for high current electron sources. Cs3Sb and GaN(Cs) photocathodes have been tested as new candidates, and the design of a preparation system for GaAs(Cs, O) is ongoing.