Workpackage 3 of the IRUVX-PP project would like to invite you to join our EuroFEL Workshop on Photocathodes for RF guns, organised by Expert Group Injector Commissioning, which will be held at INFN/Physics Department of University of Salento in Lecce (Italy) from 1-2 March 2011.
The following topics will be addressed:
• Photoemission theory (derivation of QE and thermal emittance, cathode engineering)
• Photocathode growth and preparation (metal and semiconducting thin films and metal bulk surface treatments)
• Photoelectrons characterisations (quantum efficiency, thermal emittance, dark current)
• Photocathode lifetime (observations of pollution, RF conditioning influence, UV laser interaction with residual gas, etc.)
• Experience on photocathodes
• Cathode cleaning techniques (laser cleaning, annealing, ozone gas,etc.)
• Advanced photoelectron sources (carbon nanotubes, spindt field emitter, ultracold electron sources)
• New material for photocathodes: high QE, cathodes for IR or green laser light, and for SC guns
The Preliminary Programme is available on the Workshop Website.
This meeting is an activity of WP 3 of the IRUVX-PP project, the preparatory project to support the foundation of the EuroFEL Consortium.
EuroFEL is part of the ESFRI Roadmap 2008. The preparatory phase of EuroFEL (IRUVX-PP) prepares the establishment of the EuroFEL Consortium, which is a distributed Free Electron Laser facility that is going to link complementary national FEL facilities into a unique European Research Infrastructure. IRUVX-PP is funded by the European Commission under FP7.
