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abstract:
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A 4.5 MeV photocathode RF gun has been commissioned at UCLA. A photo-injector drive laser produces sub 2 ps pulses of UV ( lambda =266 nm) light with up to 200 mu J/pulse, and illuminates a copper cathode. The photoelectrons are accelerated to an energy of 3.5 MeV within the gun. The electron beam charge is measured as a function of laser energy using an integrating current transformer (ICT). We present measurements of quantum efficiency as a function of laser polarization for injection angles of 2 degrees and 70 degrees with respect to the cathode normal. At 70 degrees incidence a 50% enhancement in quantum efficiency (>10(-4)) is observed for p-polarized light over s-polarized light. (7 References).
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