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Fabrication and Characterization of Single-crystal CVD Diamond Current Amplifier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2011

Joan E. Yater ,
Jonathan L. Shaw ,
Kevin L. Jensen ,
Tatyana Feygelson ,
Robert E. Myers ,
Bradford B. Pate  and
James E. Butler
Joan E. Yater
Affiliation:
Electronics Science and Technology Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A.
Jonathan L. Shaw
Affiliation:
Electronics Science and Technology Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A.
Kevin L. Jensen
Affiliation:
Electronics Science and Technology Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A.
Tatyana Feygelson
Affiliation:
SAIC, Washington, DC 20003, U.S.A.
Robert E. Myers
Affiliation:
Beam-Wave Research Inc., Bethesda, MD 20814, U.S.A.
Bradford B. Pate
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A.
James E. Butler
Affiliation:
SAIC, Washington, DC 20003, U.S.A.
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Abstract

High-current-density cathodes are required for the development of high-power mm-wave and upper mm-wave devices, as well as for other electron beam applications. To address this need, a current amplifier stage is being developed that will multiply a primary electron-beam current (via the secondary-electron multiplication process) and then emit the amplified beam so as to achieve a current gain of 50-100. Diamond is a particularly promising current amplification source due to the negative electron affinity present at stable hydrogenated surfaces. As such, we are fabricating current amplifiers using single-crystal CVD diamond grown at NRL, with our growth effort focused on reducing the impurity concentration in the epitaxial diamond and on fabricating microns-thick freestanding films. The current amplification characteristics of the diamond films are examined using secondary-electron-emission measurements in both reflection and transmission configurations. In our initial study of an 8.3-µm-thick CVD diamond film, the single-crystal diamond is shown to have superior transport and emission properties compared to similar polycrystalline material. While transmission gains have been obtained under field-free conditions from the unbiased diamond film, we are striving to increase the gain by increasing the transport efficiency in a biased amplifier structure. Towards this end, recent efforts have focused on optimizing the bonding and metallization processes as needed to establish and control the internal electric field. In addition, Monte Carlo simulations are being used to predict the optimal material and device parameters needed to achieve high amplifier gain and low energy spread.

Keywords

diamondelectron irradiationelectronic material
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1282: Symposium A – Diamond Electronics and Bioelectronics—Fundamentals to Applications IV , 2011 , mrsf10-1282-a13-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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