Photoassisted and multiphoton emission from single-crystal diamond needlesстатья
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Аннотация:Practical realization of stable and high brightness sources of ultra-short electron pulses is an important
issue in the development of time-resolved electron microscopy for the study of ultra-fast dynamics in
materials. Here, we report on the experimental investigation of static (in the dark) and pulsed (under illumination
by sub-picosecond laser pulses at 1040 nm) electron emission from single-crystal diamond
needles. A significant increase of electron emission current was detected under laser illumination. The
nonlinear dependence of the emission current on the laser intensity and on the angle between the
needle and the laser beam polarization axis suggests multi-photon emission processes. This interpretation
is in agreement with electron spectroscopy measurements performed for electrons emitted at different
bias voltages and different laser power levels and repetition rates. The remarkable feature of the diamond
emitters is their stability under high average power of laser radiation. This provides a new highly efficient
source of photoemitted electrons based on single-crystal diamond.