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Role of surface microgeometries on electron escape probability and secondary electron yield of metal surfaces.

ABSTRACT: The influence of microgeometries on the Secondary Electron Yield (SEY) of surfaces is investigated. Laser written structures of different aspect ratio (height to width) on a copper surface tuned the SEY of the surface and reduced its value to less than unity. The aspect ratio of microstructures was methodically controlled by varying the laser parameters. The results obtained corroborate a recent theoretical model of SEY reduction as a function of the aspect ratio of microstructures. Nanostructures - which are formed inside the microstructures during the interaction with the laser beam - provided further reduction in SEY comparable to that obtained in the simulation of structures which were coated with an absorptive layer suppressing secondary electron emission.

SUBMITTER: Bajek D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6959246 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Role of surface microgeometries on electron escape probability and secondary electron yield of metal surfaces.

Bajek D D Wackerow S S Zanin D A DA Baudin L L Bogdanowicz K K Valdivieso E Garcia-Tabares EG Calatroni S S Di Girolamo B B Sitko M M Himmerlich M M Taborelli M M Chiggiato P P Abdolvand A A

Scientific reports 20200114 1

The influence of microgeometries on the Secondary Electron Yield (SEY) of surfaces is investigated. Laser written structures of different aspect ratio (height to width) on a copper surface tuned the SEY of the surface and reduced its value to less than unity. The aspect ratio of microstructures was methodically controlled by varying the laser parameters. The results obtained corroborate a recent theoretical model of SEY reduction as a function of the aspect ratio of microstructures. Nanostructur ...[more]

PMID: 31937857

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