Materials Science Forum, Vol.445-6, 416-418, 2004
Electric field assisted reemission of positrons from silicon carbide
Positron reemission properties of SiC were studied. Promising electric field assisted reemission results were observed with one sample. Without an applied field the diffusion length is 246+/-2 nm with y(o) = 21+/-0.5% reemission at 1 keV incident energy. The reemission fraction increased to as much as 42.3+/-0.6% and 14.4+/-0.5% for incident positrons of I and 20 keV respectively after the application of an electric field. A field-assisted diffusion length of 1.91+/-0.14 mum and a branching ratio of y(o)=28.8+/-0.1% were extracted. These values lead to a reflection-mode moderator efficiency comparable to that of tungsten single crystal.