Author: Murata, T.
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MOPOW018 Feasibility Study of Photocathode Opearation of Thermionic RF Gun at KU-FEL 754
 
  • H. Zen, T. Kii, K. Masuda, K. Morita, T. Murata, T. Nogi, H. Ohgaki, S. Suphakul, K. Torgasin
    Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • R. Kuroda
    AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  Kyoto University Free Electron Laser (KU-FEL) is a mid-infrared FEL driven by a compact linac utilizinig a thermionic RF gun as its electron source*. Recently we succeeded in operating KU-FEL with photocathode operation of the RF gun by using the thermionic cathode (LaB6) as a photocathode. The performance of KU-FEL under the thermionic cathode and photocathode operation will be reported. In addition, some recent application experiment results will also be presented in this presentation.
*H. Zen, et al., Infrared Phys. Techn. 51 (2008) 382.
 
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WEOAB03 Photoemission Properties of LaB6 and CeB6 Under Various Temperature and Incident Photon Energy Conditions 2088
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  • K. Morita, T. Katsurayama, T. Kii, K. Masuda, T. Murata, K. Nagasaki, T. Nogi, H. Ohgaki, S. Suphakul, K. Torgasin, H. Yamashita, H. Zen
    Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
 
  Recently, thermionic cathode materials such as LaB6, Ir5Ce and dispenser cathodes have been also used as photocathode since they have low work function, reasonably high quantum efficiency, and long lifetime*,**. However, the effect of cathode temperature and laser wavelength on quantum efficiency is known only for limited conditions. Although it is expected to be able to lengthen the required wavelength of photocathode drive laser by heating cathodes, laser with photon energy under the work function has not been tested. Revealing them enables us to design the cost minimum accelerators. In this research, photoemission properties of LaB6 and CeB6 with various excitation photon energies will be investigated under various temperatures of the materials. Those materials have similar work function, but CeB6 have one order of magnitude smaller Richardson constant than LaB6***. By comparing photoemission properties of these materials, impact of Richardson constant on the photoemission properties will be investigated.
* S. Thorin et al. Proc of FEL2009, 310
** D. Satoh et al. Proc of IPAC2014, 679
*** J.M. Lafferty, J. Appl. Phys. 22, (1951), 299
 
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