Improvements of the versatile multiaperture negative ion source NIO1
Author(s) -
M. Cavenago,
G. Serianni,
M. De Muri,
P. Veltri,
V. Antoni,
C. Baltador,
M. Barbisan,
M. Brombin,
A. Galatà,
N. Ippolito,
T. V. Kulevoy,
R. Pasqualotto,
S. V. Petrenko,
A. Pimazzoni,
M. Recchia,
E. Sartori,
F. Taccogna,
V. Variale,
B. Zaniol,
P. Barbato,
L. Baseggio,
V. Cervaro,
D. Fasolo,
L. Franchin,
R. Ghiraldelli,
B. Laterza,
M. Maniero,
D. Martini,
L. Migliorato,
A. Minarello,
F. Molon,
G. Moro,
T. Patton,
D. Ravarotto,
R. Rizzieri,
A. Rizzolo,
Maurizio Sattin,
F. Stivanello,
S. Zucchetti
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
aip conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1551-7616
pISSN - 0094-243X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4995727
Subject(s) - perveance , atomic physics , caesium , ion , hydrogen , ion source , voltage , plasma , materials science , beam (structure) , ion beam , kstar , acceleration voltage , chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , ion gun , cathode ray , electron , optics , electrical engineering , physics , tokamak , nuclear physics , organic chemistry , chromatography , engineering
The ion source NIO1 (Negative Ion Optimization 1) was developed and installed as a reduced-size model of multi-aperture sources used in neutral beam injectors. NIO1 beam optics is optimized for a 135 mA H− current (subdivided in 9 beamlets) at a Vs = 60 kV extraction voltage, with an electron-to-ion current ratio Rj up to 2. Depending on gas pressure used, NIO1 was up to now operated with Vs < 25 kV for beam extraction and Vs = 60 kV for insulation tests. The distinction between capacitively coupled plasma (E-mode, consistent with a low electron density plasma ne) and inductively coupled plasma (H-mode, requiring larger ne) was clearly related to several experimental signatures, and was confirmed for several gases, when applied radiofrequency power exceeds a given threshold Pt (with hysteresis). For hydrogen Pt was reduced below 1 kW, with a clean rf window and molybdenum liners on other walls; for oxygen Pt ≤ 400 W. Beams of H− and O− were separately extracted; since no caesium is yet introduced into the...
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