Development of Li+ alumino-silicate ion source
Abstract
To uniformly heat targets to electron-volt temperatures for the study of warm dense matter, one strategy is to deposit most of the ion energy at the peak of energy loss (dE/dx) with a low (E< 5 MeV) kinetic energy beam and a thin target[1]. Lower mass ions have a peak dE/dx at a lower kinetic energy. To this end, a small lithium (Li+) alumino-silicate source has been fabricated, and its emission limit has been measured. These surface ionization sources are heated to 1000-1150 C where they preferentially emit singly ionized alkali ions. Alumino-silicates sources of K+ and Cs+ have been used extensively in beam experiments, but there are additional challenges for the preparation of high-quality Li+ sources: There are tighter tolerances in preparing and sintering the alumino-silicate to the substrate to produce an emitter that gives uniform ion emission, sufficient current density and low beam emittance. We report on recent measurements ofhigh ( up to 35 mA/cm2) current density from a Li+ source. Ion species identification of possible contaminants is being verified with a Wien (E x B) filter, and via time-of-flight.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- Accelerator& Fusion Research Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 957060
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-1843E
TRN: US1000672
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: PAC09
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70; BEAM EMITTANCE; CURRENT DENSITY; ION EMISSION; ION SOURCES; KINETIC ENERGY; LITHIUM; SINTERING; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE IONIZATION; TARGETS; lithium
Citation Formats
Roy, P K, Seidl, P A, Waldron, W, Greenway, W, Lidia, S, Anders, A, and Kwan, J. Development of Li+ alumino-silicate ion source. United States: N. p., 2009.
Web.
Roy, P K, Seidl, P A, Waldron, W, Greenway, W, Lidia, S, Anders, A, & Kwan, J. Development of Li+ alumino-silicate ion source. United States.
Roy, P K, Seidl, P A, Waldron, W, Greenway, W, Lidia, S, Anders, A, and Kwan, J. 2009.
"Development of Li+ alumino-silicate ion source". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/957060.
@article{osti_957060,
title = {Development of Li+ alumino-silicate ion source},
author = {Roy, P K and Seidl, P A and Waldron, W and Greenway, W and Lidia, S and Anders, A and Kwan, J},
abstractNote = {To uniformly heat targets to electron-volt temperatures for the study of warm dense matter, one strategy is to deposit most of the ion energy at the peak of energy loss (dE/dx) with a low (E< 5 MeV) kinetic energy beam and a thin target[1]. Lower mass ions have a peak dE/dx at a lower kinetic energy. To this end, a small lithium (Li+) alumino-silicate source has been fabricated, and its emission limit has been measured. These surface ionization sources are heated to 1000-1150 C where they preferentially emit singly ionized alkali ions. Alumino-silicates sources of K+ and Cs+ have been used extensively in beam experiments, but there are additional challenges for the preparation of high-quality Li+ sources: There are tighter tolerances in preparing and sintering the alumino-silicate to the substrate to produce an emitter that gives uniform ion emission, sufficient current density and low beam emittance. We report on recent measurements ofhigh ( up to 35 mA/cm2) current density from a Li+ source. Ion species identification of possible contaminants is being verified with a Wien (E x B) filter, and via time-of-flight.},
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year = {Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
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