Study of Compact Penning Ion Source for Material Studies
- Energetics and Electromagnetics Division, Facility for Electro-Magnetic Systems, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Autonagar, Visakhapatnam, A.P-530012 (India)
Development of ion sources of various sizes has been carried out since a long back. Gaseous ions of different nature are being used in different field of research as well as industrial applications like surface modification, doping, surface etching, sputtering, production of nano size particles and focused ion beam etc. Out of various geometry and operation regime, due to compactness, ruggedness and long life, penning type ion sources are widely used in different field of research and applications. One such type of ion source was developed in our laboratory. Though this source was meant for neutron generation, using deuterium ions, the effectiveness for other purposes was investigated. The discharge characteristic was studied for different gases like, Deuterium, Helium, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Argon. The source being a self extracted type; the extracted ion current from the extraction aperture was measured using one faraday cup. In this paper we have discussed, the discharge characteristic and the extraction ion current for different type of gases.
- OSTI ID:
- 21608154
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1349, Issue 1; Conference: 55. DAE solid state physics symposium 2010, Manipal (India), 26-30 Dec 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3605926; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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