指数掺杂结构对透射式GaAs光电阴极量子效率的影响研究

通过在一维连续性方程光电子产生函数项中加入短波约束因子,修正了指数掺杂和均匀掺杂透射式GaAs光电阴极量子效率公式.利用修正的透射式阴极量子效率公式分别拟合制备的指数掺杂和均匀掺杂透射式阴极量子效率实验曲线,符合得很好.另外拟合得到的阴极性能参数表明,由于内建电场的作用,指数掺杂阴极的性能要好于均匀掺杂阴极,指数掺杂结构能够明显提高透射式阴极的量子效率. 关键词： 透射式光电阴极 指数掺杂 量子效率 内建电场     

指数掺杂GaAs光电阴极分辨力特性分析

通过建立和求解指数掺杂阴极中电子所遵循的二维连续性方程,得到了透射式指数掺杂阴极的调制传递函数表达式,并利用该表达式对阴极分辨力特性进行了理论计算和分析.计算结果显示,与均匀掺杂相比,指数掺杂能较明显地提高阴极的分辨力.当空间频率f在100—400 lp/mm范围时,分辨力的提高最为明显,如当f=200 lp/mm时,分辨力一般可提高20%—50%.与量子效率的提高相同,指数掺杂阴极分辨力的提高也是内建电场作用的结果. 关键词： 指数掺杂 内建电场 分辨力 调制传递函数     

反射式变掺杂负电子亲和势GaN光电阴极量子效率研究

从变掺杂负电子亲和势(NEA)Ga N光电阴极材料的光电发射机理入手,给出了反射式变掺杂NEA Ga N光电阴极内建电场和量子效率的计算公式.利用初步设计的变掺杂NEA Ga N光电阴极,介绍了变掺杂NEA Ga N阴极的激活过程和激活光电流的变化特点.结合国内外典型的变掺杂NEA Ga N阴极的量子效率曲线,分析了Ga N光电阴极量子效率曲线的特点.结果显示:由于内建电场的存在,反射式变掺杂NEA Ga N光电阴极量子效率在240 nm处即可达到56%,在较宽的入射光波长范围内,阴极具有相对平稳的量子效率,量子效率值随入射光子能量的增加而增加,并且量子效率曲线在阈值附近表现出了明显的锐截止特性.     

透射式指数掺杂GaAs光电阴极最佳厚度研究

通过研究指数掺杂GaAs光电阴极中光电子扩散漂移长度与均匀掺杂GaAs光电阴极中光电子扩散长度的差异,确定透射式指数掺杂GaAs光电阴极的最佳厚度范围为16—22 μm.利用量子效率公式对透射式指数掺杂GaAs光电阴极最佳厚度进行了仿真分析,发现厚度为20 μm时阴极积分灵敏度最大.外延生长阴极厚度分别为16和20 μm的两种透射式指数掺杂GaAs样品并进行了激活实验,测得样品的积分灵敏度分别为1228和1547 μA/lm,两者的比值为796%. 实验结果与仿真结果符合. 关键词： GaAs光电阴极 透射式 指数掺杂 厚度     

梯度掺杂结构GaN光电阴极的稳定性

利用GaN光电阴极多信息量测试评估系统,对反射式梯度掺杂和均匀掺杂GaN光电阴极样品进行了激活及衰减后的量子效率测试,并测试衰减速率。在同样的衰减时间内,和均匀掺杂样品相比,梯度掺杂样品的衰减比例较小,衰减速率较慢,其原因在于梯度掺杂结构可在其发射层内部产生系列内建电场,致使其能带连续向下弯曲,导致其表面真空能级比均匀掺杂样品下降得更低,发射层表面形成的负电子亲和势更明显,造成发射层内的光生电子更易逸出,阴极量子效率的衰减变慢,从而使其稳定性强于均匀掺杂结构。     

反射式非均匀掺杂负电子亲和光电阴极量子效率研究

内建电场对提高阴极量子效率有重要作用。为获得恒定的电场强度,需要用指数掺杂方式对光电阴极激活层进行掺杂。指数掺杂实际上是一种特殊的梯度掺杂,针对这种掺杂方式,建立了指数掺杂和均匀掺杂加权的量子效率公式。实验设计了4种掺杂浓度从1019~1018cm-3掺杂样品,测量样品的光谱响应曲线和量子效率曲线,并分别用均匀掺杂量子效率公式,指数掺杂量子效率公式和新建立的梯度掺杂量子效率公式这三种方式,对量子效率曲线进行了拟合,证明了该量子效率公式具有较高的拟合精度。     

均匀掺杂GaAs材料光电子的输运性能研究

通过建立原子结构的理论模型和电离杂质散射理论公式,研究了光电子在透射式均匀掺杂GaAs光电阴极体内的输运过程,分析了光电阴极的掺杂浓度、发射层厚度、电子扩散长度等相关因素对阴极出射面的弥散圆斑以及到达阴极出射面的光电子数与激发光电子总数之比的影响.计算结果表明,当透射式均匀掺杂GaAs光电阴极发射层厚度为2 μm、电子扩散长度为3.6 μm、掺杂浓度为1×10¹⁹ cm^-3时,其极限线分辨率为769 mm^-1.此GaAs材料光电子的输运性能 关键词： GaAs 光电阴极 光电子输运 弥散圆斑 分辨率     

指数掺杂反射式GaAlAs和GaAs光电阴极比较研究

采用指数掺杂技术, 通过金属有机化学气相沉积法外延生长了反射式GaAlAs和GaAs光电阴极, GaAlAs发射层的Al组分设计为0.63. 在超高真空系统中分别对两种阴极进行激活实验, 得到激活后的光谱响应曲线. 利用指数掺杂反射式光电阴极量子效率公式对实验曲线进行拟合并分析了电子漂移扩散长度、后界面复合速率、表面电子逸出几率等性能参数对光电发射性能的影响. 结果表明, 与GaAs光电阴极相比, GaAlAs光电阴极的Al组分虽然在一定程度上不利于光电发射, 但是解决了GaAs光电阴极由于响应波段宽而不能很好地用于窄波段可见光探测领域的问题, 制备出只对蓝绿光响应的反射式GaAlAs光电阴极.     

高温Cs激活GaAs光电阴极表面机理研究

研究了高温Cs激活过程中,GaAs光电阴极表面势垒的变化机理。在考虑GaAs材料体内负电性p型掺杂杂质与材料表面正电性Cs+所形成的偶极子对表面势垒的作用后,通过求解均匀掺杂阴极中电子所遵循的一维连续性方程,得到了反射式均匀掺杂阴极的量子效率公式,通过求解薛定谔方程得到了到达阴极表面的光电子的逸出概率公式,利用公式对GaAs光电阴极的Cs激活过程进行了分析。分析发现,激活过程中GaAs光电阴极的量子效率和光电子的逸出概率正比于偶极子层的电场强度。     

发射层厚度对反射式GaAs光电阴极性能的影响

通过求解扩散方程,推导了含有后界面复合速率的反射式GaAs光电阴极量子效率公式,并利用MBE在GaAs (100)衬底上外延生长了发射层厚度分别为1.6 μm、2.0 μm和2.6 μm,掺杂浓度为1×1019cm－3的三个反射式GaAs阴极样品,进行了激活实验.实验结果显示:随着发射层厚度的增加,阴极的长波量子效率和灵敏度都有所提高,而这种提高与阴极电子扩散长度的增长有关.同时,理论仿真研究发现,当后界面复合速率小于或等于105cm/s时,阴极发射层有一个最佳厚度,此时阴极灵敏度最高.后界面复合速率对阴极灵敏度在发射层厚度较小时影响较大,而随着厚度的增大阴极灵敏度最终趋于稳定.     

Influence of built-in electric filed on the energy and emergence angle spreads of transmission-mode GaAs photocathode

In order to research the transport characteristic of photoelectrons in different-structure transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes, the energy and emergence angle spreads of photoelectrons reaching the band-bending region are calculated and the photoemission properties are analyzed. Based on the established atomic configuration models and ionized impurity scattering formulas of the uniform-doping and exponential-doping photocathodes, the trajectories of photoelectrons in different GaAs photocathodes have been calculated. The results show that, the emergence angle spread of the exponential-doping photocathode is more centralized than that of the uniform-doping one. The influence of the built-in electric field on the photoemission is obvious in the short-wave region. The built-in electric field not only increases the quantum efficient, but also improves the resolution of photocathode. This research can be propitious to investigate the photoemission mechanism, and to analyze the effect of the excited photoelectrons on the image intensifier performance.     

NEA GaN光电阴极量子产额研究

围绕NEA GaN光电阴极光电发射过程的光谱响应理论,研究了其量子产额问题。分别给出了反射模式和透射模式NEA GaN光电阴极的量子产额计算公式,分析了影响量子产额的因素。分析了国外制备的反射模式和透射模式NEA GaN光电阴极的量子产额曲线。结果表明,目前制备的NEA GaN光电阴极已具有高达30%的量子效率和良好的发射性能。相同条件下,反射模式比透射模式的量子效率要高,而且反射模式不像透射模式那样存在短波限制。     

Quantum efficiency conversion from the reflection-mode GaAs photocathode to the transmission-mode one

In the article, the transmission-mode negative electron affinity GaAs photocathode is compared with the reflection-mode one in structure, working principle and the quantum efficiency equation. The key point to establish relation between the two modes is that the active-layer is in full accord and the biggest difference is that the incident direction of photons is inverse. Based on the relation and difference above, we obtain the electron escape probability P and the spectrum absorption coefficient α of the reflection-mode GaAs photocathode by multilayer film matrix theory. The quantum efficiency of the transmission-mode GaAs photocathode can be estimated through the coefficients P and α of the reflection-mode one. Two groups of samples are analyzed, the one group contains uniform doping reflection-mode and transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes and the other contains exponential doping ones. Through the analysis and curve fitting, we find that the conversion difference of the uniform-doping is about 11.22% while that of the exponential-doping is about 5.46%. Another four groups of samples with exponential-doping active layer are experimentalized and the differences of them are all less than 6%. The results prove the suggested method is feasible and effective and it is more suitable for the conversion of GaAs photocathode with exponential-doping active layer.     

大梯度指数掺杂透射式GaAs光电阴极响应特性的理论分析

讨论了一种具有超快时间响应特性的新光电阴极, 即大梯度指数掺杂透射式GaAs 负电子亲和势 (NEA) 光电阴极, 模拟了它的量子效率、时间分辨和空间分辨能力等特性. 理论分析结果表明, 由于大梯度指数掺杂设计方式, 在吸收层内形成较大的内建电场, 因此光生电子在GaAsNEA阴极内的渡越时间大大缩短, 当GaAs吸收层厚度～0.9 μm时, 其响应时间达到～ 10 ps, 说明这种新NEA阴极具有远优于传统均匀掺杂NEA阴极的超快响应特性. 同时在整个光谱响应范围内, 量子效率达到约10%-20%, 空间分辨力显著高于以往的计算结果. 分析结果表明,在保证较高的量子效率条件下, 这种新阴极能够突破常规GaAsNEA阴极的时间分辨率极限, 提高GaAsNEA阴极本身的分辨力, 有望用于超快摄影、电子加速器和自由电子激光器的电子源等领域, 进一步扩展NEA光电阴极的应用范围.     

Comparative research on the transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes of exponential-doping structures

Early research has shown that the varied doping structures of the active layer of GaAs photocathodes have been proven to have a higher quantum efficiency than uniform doping structures.On the basis of our early research on the surface photovoltage of GaAs photocathodes,and comparative research before and after activation of reflection-mode GaAs photocathodes,we further the comparative research on transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes.An exponential doping structure is the typical varied doping structure that can form a uniform electric field in the active layer.By solving the one-dimensional diffusion equation for no equilibrium minority carriers of transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes of the exponential doping structure,we can obtain the equations for the surface photovoltage(SPV) curve before activation and the spectral response curve(SRC) after activation.Through experiments and fitting calculations for the designed material,the body-material parameters can be well fitted by the SPV before activation,and proven by the fitting calculation for SRC after activation.Through the comparative research before and after activation,the average surface escape probability(SEP) can also be well fitted.This comparative research method can measure the body parameters and the value of SEP for the transmission-mode GaAs photocathode more exactly than the early method,which only measures the body parameters by SRC after activation.It can also help us to deeply study and exactly measure the parameters of the varied doping structures for transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes,and optimize the Cs-O activation technique in the future.     

Comparative research on the transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes of exponential-doping structures

Early research has shown that the varied doping structures of the active layer of GaAs photocathodes have been proven to have a higher quantum efficiency than uniform doping structures. On the basis of our early research on the surface photovoltage of GaAs photocathodes, and comparative research before and after activation of reflection-mode GaAs photocathodes, we further the comparative research on transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes. An exponential doping structure is the typical varied doping structure that can form a uniform electric field in the active layer. By solving the one-dimensional diffusion equation for no equilibrium minority carriers of transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes of the exponential doping structure, we can obtain the equations for the surface photovoltage (SPV) curve before activation and the spectral response curve (SRC) after activation. Through experiments and fitting calculations for the designed material, the body-material parameters can be well fitted by the SPV before activation, and proven by the fitting calculation for SRC after activation. Through the comparative research before and after activation, the average surface escape probability (SEP) can also be well fitted. This comparative research method can measure the body parameters and the value of SEP for the transmission-mode GaAs photocathode more exactly than the early method, which only measures the body parameters by SRC after activation. It can also help us to deeply study and exactly measure the parameters of the varied doping structures for transmission-mode GaAs photocathodes, and optimize the Cs-O activation technique in the future.     

变组分AlGaAs/GaAs透射式光电阴极分辨力特性分析

建立了变组分AlGaAs/GaAs光电阴极二维载流子输运连续性方程.在一定的边界条件下,利用数值计算方法对此方程进行求解,得到了变组分AlGaAs/GaAs光电阴极调制传递函数(MTF)理论计算模型.利用该模型计算了透射式变组分和均匀组分阴极的理论MTF,分析了分辨力与Al组分变化范围、入射光子波长、AlGaAs和GaAs层厚度的关系.计算结果表明,变组分阴极与均匀组分阴极相比,阴极分辨力显著提高.当空间频率f在100—500 lp·mm-1区间时,分辨力的提高最为明显,如当f=200 lp·mm-1时,一般可提高150%—260%.变组分阴极分辨力的提高是内建电场作用的结果,但内建电场太大时,也会由于Al组分含量过高而影响阴极的长波响应.