skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Positive and negative ion beam merging system for neutral beam production

Abstract

The positive and negative ion beam merging system extracts positive and negative ions of the same species and of the same energy from two separate ion sources. The positive and negative ions from both sources pass through a bending magnetic field region between the pole faces of an electromagnet. Since the positive and negative ions come from mirror image positions on opposite sides of a beam axis, and the positive and negative ions are identical, the trajectories will be symmetrical and the positive and negative ion beams will merge into a single neutral beam as they leave the pole face of the electromagnet. The ion sources are preferably multicusp plasma ion sources. The ion sources may include a multi-aperture extraction system for increasing ion current from the sources.

Inventors:
;
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1175580
Patent Number(s):
6,974,950
Application Number:
10/232,503
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) OSTI
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

Citation Formats

Leung, Ka-Ngo, and Reijonen, Jani. Positive and negative ion beam merging system for neutral beam production. United States: N. p., 2005. Web.
Copy to clipboard
Leung, Ka-Ngo, & Reijonen, Jani. Positive and negative ion beam merging system for neutral beam production. United States.
Copy to clipboard
Leung, Ka-Ngo, and Reijonen, Jani. Tue . "Positive and negative ion beam merging system for neutral beam production". United States. doi:. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175580.
Copy to clipboard
@article{osti_1175580,
title = {Positive and negative ion beam merging system for neutral beam production},
author = {Leung, Ka-Ngo and Reijonen, Jani},
abstractNote = {The positive and negative ion beam merging system extracts positive and negative ions of the same species and of the same energy from two separate ion sources. The positive and negative ions from both sources pass through a bending magnetic field region between the pole faces of an electromagnet. Since the positive and negative ions come from mirror image positions on opposite sides of a beam axis, and the positive and negative ions are identical, the trajectories will be symmetrical and the positive and negative ion beams will merge into a single neutral beam as they leave the pole face of the electromagnet. The ion sources are preferably multicusp plasma ion sources. The ion sources may include a multi-aperture extraction system for increasing ion current from the sources.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2005},
month = {Tue Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2005}
}
Copy to clipboard
Patent:
View Patent
Save / Share:
Export Metadata
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.

  • A high brilliance mass selected (Z-selected) negative ion and neutral beam source having good energy resolution. The source is based upon laser resonance ionization of atoms or molecules in a small gaseous medium followed by charge exchange through an alkali oven. The source is capable of producing microampere beams of an extremely wide variety of negative ions, and milliampere beams when operated in the pulsed mode.

  • A high brilliance mass selected (Z-selected) negative ion and neutral beam source having good energy resolution. The source is based upon laser resonance ionization of atoms or molecules in a small gaseous medium followed by charge exchange through an alkali oven. The source is capable of producing microampere beams of an extremely wide variety of negative ions, and milliampere beams when operated in the pulsed mode.

  • This patent describes a high brilliance mass selected (Z-selected) negative ion and neutral beam source having good energy resolution. The source is based upon laser resonance ionization of atoms or molecules in a small gaseous medium followed by charge exchange through an alkali oven. The source is capable of producing microampere beams of an extremely wide variety of negative ions, and milliampere beams when operated in the pulsed mode.

  • ; ; ; ... - AIP Conference Proceedings
    Negative ion generation on HOPG graphite surface has been studied in hydrogen and deuterium plasma. We measure Ion Distribution Function (IDF) of negative ions coming from graphite surface bombarded by positive ions in H{sub 2}/D{sub 2} plasmas. We showed that negative ions flux was proportional to positive ion flux and was strongly dependant on impinging energy. IDF study shows two generation mechanisms are involved: sputtering of adsorbed H/D as negative ions and, in a less important way, double electron capture. We compare H{sub 2}/D{sub 2} plasmas, and point out isotopic effect between H{sup -} and D{sup -} production.

  • ; ; ; ... - Fusion Technology; (USA)
    This paper reports on a beam direct energy convertor (BDC) designed to recover unneutralized ion beam energies in a 500-keV negative-ion-based deuterium neutral injection system for the Fusion Experimental Reactor of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute. A newly developed three-dimensional beam transport code KUNABE-3 is used. Due to approximately equal fractions of unneutralized D{sup +} and D{sup {minus}} beams flowing from the gas neutralizer, electrostatic electron suppression is efficient. Also, magnetic separation and deflection of both species by a 1-kG magnetic field are efficiently applicable. Under suitable energy recovery conditions, perfect collection of both positive and negative ion beams ismore » theoretically achievable, even for a collector voltage of {plus minus}480 kV, resulting in 96% energy recovery efficiency. Within {plus minus}10% deviation from the reference parameters, the designed BDC shows excellent performance for such parameters as magnetic fields, incident beam energies, and gas line densities.« less