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TY - CONF AU - Pierce, C.M. AU - Bazarov, I.V. AU - Durham, D.B. AU - Filippetto, D. AU - Kachwala, A.H. AU - Karkare, S.S. AU - Maxson, J.M. AU - Minor, A. AU - Riminucci, F. ED - Biedron, Sandra ED - Simakov, Evgenya ED - Milton, Stephen ED - Anisimov, Petr M. ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - Towards High Brightness from Plasmon-Enhanced Photoemitters J2 - Proc. of NAPAC2022, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 07-12 August 2022 CY - Albuquerque, NM, USA T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 5 LA - english AB - Plasmonic cathodes, whose nanoscale features may locally enhance optical energy from the driving laser trapped at the vacuum interface, have emerged as a promising technology for improving the brightness of metal cathodes. A six orders of magnitude improvement [1] in the non-linear yield of metals has been experimentally demonstrated through this type of nanopatterning. Further, nanoscale lens structures may focus light below its free-space wavelength offering multiphoton photoemission from a region near 10 times smaller [2] than that achievable in typical photoinjectors. In this proceeding, we report on our efforts to characterize the brightness of two plasmonic cathode concepts: a spiral lens and a nanogroove array. We demonstrate an ability to engineer and fabricate nanoscale patterned cathodes by comparing their optical properties with those computed with a finite difference time domain (FDTD) code. The emittance and nonlinear yield of the cathodes are measured under ultrafast laser irradiation. Finally, prospects of this technology for the control and acceleration of charged particle beams are discussed. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 285 EP - 288 KW - cathode KW - electron KW - laser KW - interface KW - emittance DA - 2022/10 PY - 2022 SN - 2673-7000 SN - 978-3-95450-232-5 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-TUYD4 UR - https://jacow.org/napac2022/papers/tuyd4.pdf ER -