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Photo-stimulated low electron temperature high current diamond film field emission cathode

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Publication Date2023-01-23
JournalOSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
AuthorsRoger Philips Shurter, David James Devlin, Nathan A. Moody, J. M. Taccetti, Steven Russell
InstitutionsSanta Fe Institute, Los Alamos Medical Center

An electron source includes a back contact surface having a means for attaching a power source to the back contact surface. The electron source also includes a layer comprising platinum in direct contact with the back contact surface, a composite layer of single-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in platinum in direct contact with the layer comprising platinum. The electron source also includes a nanocrystalline diamond layer in direct contact with the composite layer. The nanocrystalline diamond layer is doped with boron. A portion of the back contact surface is removed to reveal the underlying platinum. The electron source is contained in an evacuable container.