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Title: H{sup -} beam extraction from a cesium seeded field effect transistor based radio frequency negative hydrogen ion source

Journal Article · · Review of Scientific Instruments
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3684720· OSTI ID:22066295
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  1. School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579 (Japan)
  2. National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292 (Japan)

H{sup -} beam was successfully extracted from a cesium seeded ion source operated using a field effect transistor inverter power supply as a radio frequency (RF) wave source. High density hydrogen plasma more than 10{sup 19} m{sup -3} was obtained using an external type antenna with RF frequency of lower than 0.5 MHz. The source was isolated by an isolation transformer and H{sup -} ion beam was extracted from a single aperture. Acceleration current and extraction current increased with the increase of extraction voltage. Addition of a small amount of cesium vapor into the source enhanced the currents.

OSTI ID:
22066295
Journal Information:
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 83, Issue 2; Conference: ICIS 2011: 14. international conference on ion sources, Giardini-Naxos, Sicily (Italy), 12-16 Sep 2011; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English