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We observe charge multiplication of photoemitted electrons in cylindrical alumina cells, containing cesium vapor, submitted to a longitudinal electric field and to intense laser pulses. We present several diagnoses allowing us to attribute this charge multiplication to efficient secondary electron emission (SEE) from the accelerated photoelectrons colliding with the inner wall at grazing incidence. Machining millimeter-size triangular grooves on the initially smooth inner wall, so as to prevent grazing incidence, is shown to be efficient in reducing SEE. The atomic signal characteristic of the space charge accumulated close to the anode is found to be reduced by more than one order of magnitude. This result is of important significance, not only for our parity-violation experiment in cesium vapor, but also for experiments and techniques involving SEE at grazing incidence.
Laboratoire de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure associé au CNRS (UMR 8552) et à l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie.
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Received: 25 June 2002 / Revised version: 11 September 2002 / Published online: 15 November 2002
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Guéna, J., Jahier, E., Lintz, M. et al. Grooving an alumina surface as a means to inhibit secondary electron emission under grazing incidence . Appl Phys B 75, 739–743 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-1043-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-1043-0