High-extinction electron pulses by laser-triggered emission from a Schottky emitter

Yonatan Israel*, Adam J. Bowman, Brannon B. Klopfer, Stewart A. Koppell, Mark A. Kasevich

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Abstract

We study electron emission from a Schottky tip induced by nanosecond laser pulses. Prompt sub-nanosecond emission is observed at low laser power, with moderate voltage bias applied to the tip. We show that electron pulses demonstrate high extinction with electron emission after the pulse suppressed by up to 92 dB. Photoemission is shown to be highly nonlinear with laser intensity while maintaining nearly linear field emission, as probed by the laser polarization dependence. We suggest the emission is described by a photo-assisted thermally enhanced field emission process.

Original languageEnglish
Article number194101
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume117
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Nov 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Stanford Graduate Fellowship
National Science Foundation1656518
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

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