• Title of article

    VUV-induced radiation ageing processes in CsI photocathodes studied by microscopy and spectroscopy techniques

  • Author/Authors

    Singh، نويسنده , , B.K. and Triloki and Garg، نويسنده , , P. and Prakash، نويسنده , , A. and Di Santo، نويسنده , , G. and Nappi، نويسنده , , E. and Nitti، نويسنده , , M.A. and Valentini، نويسنده , , A. and Zanoni، نويسنده , , R.، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    350
  • To page
    353
  • Abstract
    CsI thin film photocathodes of 600 nm thickness deposited on polished Al surfaces by resistive evaporation technique were studied by angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ARXPS), before and after UV-irradiation under vacuum. It is shown that the “UV-irradiated” sample keeps the stoichiometric ratio Cs:I unchanged (1:1) while it shows a higher concentration of carbon in comparison with “as-deposited” samples. The morphology of the “as-deposited” sample is strongly affected after VUV-irradiation. The consequence of such effects on the physical and chemical properties of the “as-deposited” and “UV-irradiated” CsI thin film photocathodes is discussed.
  • Keywords
    Photon ageing , Photodetectors , XRD , XPS , SEM , CsI photocathodes
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2023121