Abstract
Negative Electron Affinity (NEA) activated surfaces are required to extract highly spin-polarized electron beams from GaAs-based photocathodes, but they suffer extreme sensitivity to poor vacuum conditions that results in rapid degradation of quantum efficiency. We report on a series of unconventional NEA activations on surfaces of bulk GaAs with Cs, Sb, and O2 using different methods of oxygen exposure for optimizing photocathode performance. One order of magnitude improvement in lifetime with respect to the standard Cs–O2 activation is achieved without significant loss of electron spin polarization and quantum efficiency by codepositing Cs, Sb, and O2. A strained GaAs/GaAsP superlattice sample activated with the codeposition method demonstrated similar enhancement in lifetime near the photoemission threshold while maintaining 90% spin polarization.
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