Plasma potential and energy spread determination using ion beams extracted from an electron cyclotron resonance source
- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6372 (United States)
We have obtained estimates of plasma potentials and energy spreads characterizing an electron cyclotron resonance ion source plasma under different source conditions. Our estimates are obtained from analysis of ion beams extracted from the ion source at 10 kV that are subsequently decelerated into a floating surface scattering chamber where their current intensity incident on a solid sample is measured as function of retardation voltage. The deceleration occurs outside the measurement chamber, permitting beam current measurements in a field-free region. Absence of grids in the deceleration section avoids potential issues of field penetration. The behavior of our deceleration optics was modeled with SIMION. The simulation indicated a linear beam attenuation dependence close to full retardation where the beam current goes to zero. Deviations from this linear dependence observed close to zero beam energy give information on the initial energy spread of the ions extracted from the source. Our decelerated beams measurements are compared with recent in situ probe results and external beams results based on magnetic analysis.
- OSTI ID:
- 22053661
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 81, Issue 2; Conference: ICIS 2009: 13. international conference on ion sources, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 20-25 Sep 2009; Other Information: (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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