Intense laser-induced electron emission from prepoled lead-lanthanum-zirconium-titanate ceramics
- 5 March 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 56 (10) , 895-897
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.102621
Abstract
A sample of lead-lanthanum-zirconium-titanate (PLZT 9/65/35) has been exposed to 6-ns-long laser pulses of 266 nm wavelength. The maximum output pulse energy of the laser beam was 300 μJ, the output power density on the sample 5×105 W/cm2, and the beam diameter 3 mm. By applying a moderate extraction voltage of several kilovolts, intense electron beam pulses are emitted from the free sample surface. Their time structure corresponds to the time structure of the laser pulse. Electron beam current intensities of up to 0.1 A and 2 A/cm2 and total charges of 1 nC (corresponding to 20 nC/cm2 ) were measured with a simple Faraday cup. In the range where the parameters of laser intensity and of extraction voltage could be varied their influence on the emitted electron beam current amplitude was determined.Keywords
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