ECRIS2010 - List of Authors (Thuillier, T.)

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PK-ISIS: a New Superconducting ECR Ion Source at Pantechnik

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A.C.C. Villari, C. Bieth, W. Bougy, B.N. Brionne, X. Donzel, G. Gaubert, R. Leroy, A. Sineau, O. Tasset, C. Vallerand
PANTECHNIK, BAYEUX, France
T. Thuillier
LPSC, Grenoble, France

The new ECR ion source PK-ISIS was recently commissioned at Pantechnik. Three superconducting coils generate the axial magnetic field configuration while the radial magnetic field is done with multi-layer permanent magnets. Special care was devoted in the design of the hexapolar structure, allowing a maximum magnetic field of 1.32 T at the wall of the 82 mm diameter plasma chamber. The three superconducting coils using Low Temperature Superconducting wires are cooled by a single double stage cryo-cooler (4.2 K). Cryogen-free technology is used, providing reliability, easy maintenance at low cost. The maximum installed RF power (18.0 GHz) is of 2 kW. Metallic beams can be produced with an oven (Tmax = 1400 °C) installed with an angle of 5° with respect to the source axis or a sputtering system, mounted in the axis of the source. The beam extraction system is constituted of three electrodes in accel-decel configuration. Description of the source and results of the magnetic measurements will be given. Performances of the source in terms of beam intensities and charge states distribution will be presented.

Slides MOCOCK01 [3.226 MB]

MOPOT005

High Current Production with 2.45 GHz ECR Ion Source

50

A. Coly, T. Lamy, T. Thuillier
LPSC, Grenoble, France
G. Gaubert, A.C.C. Villari
PANTECHNIK, BAYEUX, France

A new test bench has been installed at LPSC dedicated to 2.45 GHz ECR Ion Sources characterization. Several magnetic structures have been tested around the same plasma cavity. For example, a current density of 70 mA/cm² has been measured with the MONO1000 source lent by GANIL. An original ECRIS, named SPEED (for 'Source d'ions à aimants PErmanents et Extraction Dipôlaire'), presenting a dipolar magnetic field at the extraction will also be presented.

Poster MOPOT005 [3.130 MB]

TUCOAK01

First A/Q=3 Beams of Phoenix V2 on the Heavy Ions Low Energy Beam Transport Line of SPIRAL2

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C. Peaucelle
IN2P3 IPNL, Villeurbanne, France
J. Angot, P. Grandemange, T. Lamy, T. Thuillier
LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France
J.-L. Biarrotte
IPN, Orsay, France
D. Uriot
CEA/DSM/IRFU, France

The heavy ions low energy beam transport line (LEBT) of Spiral2 built at LPSC Grenoble is fully operational since the beginning of 2010. This LEBT has been calculated and designed to hold permanently 15 mA of multicharged ions extracted from the source at 60 kV. PHOENIX V2 ECRIS is presently installed on the LEBT and first tests started few months ago: A reliable beam of 1 mAe of O⁶⁺ beam at 45 kV has already been obtained for a long period with a very good transmission, and good reproducibility. Tests continue with an optimization of Ar¹²⁺ beam performance. The promising results of these first runs, particularly emittance measurements, profiles and optimization of charge optics will be presented along. The ECRIS Phoenix V2 and different equipments installed on this line (vacuum system, optic elements, diagnostics) will be described. The future program and planned improvements on the LEBT will be also discussed in this paper.

Slides TUCOAK01 [2.402 MB]

TUCOBK02

“Preglow” Investigation in ECR Discharge at 37 GHz, 100 kW

90

V. Skalyga, I. Izotov, S. Razin, V. Sidorov, V. Zorin
IAP/RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
T. Lamy, T. Thuillier
LPSC, Grenoble, France

Multicharged ion beams generation in "Preglow" regime is now considered as the main way of short pulsed ion source creation for “Beta Beam” project. The "Preglow" effect has been investigated at a several laboratories (LPSC, JYFL, IAP RAS). The effect was discovered at LPSC on PHOENIX ion source using 18 GHz radiation for plasma heating. Investigations at 14 GHz frequency were made at JYFL. Theoretical analysis demonstrated the advantage of MW frequency increase. Theoretical calculations predict possibility of "Preglow" peaks generation with duration about tens microseconds and rather high average ion charge. At present time at LPSC a joint construction of a new generation ECR ion source with 60 GHz gyrotron plasma heating is running. As a continuation of previous research at 14, 18 and 28 GHz at present work results of experimental and theoretical "Preglow" effect investigations at SMIS 37 setup with 37,5 GHz MW plasma heating are reported. Received data are important as fundamental result in physics of ECRISs and at the same time it is the next step on the way of 60 GHz SEISM facility creation. “Preglow” effect was observed and investigated in experiments with ECR discharge stimulated with gyrotron radiation @ 37.5 GHz, 100 kW. Received dependencies of the “Preglow” parameters are in good correspondence with results of numerical simulations. It was shown in experiments that generation of “Preglow” peak with duration about 30 μs is possible.

Slides TUCOBK02 [2.338 MB]

WECOBK03

Fine Frequency Tuning of the PHOENIX Charge Breeder Used as a Probe for ECRIS Plasmas

184

T. Lamy, J. Angot, M. Marie-Jeanne, J. Médard, P. Sortais, T. Thuillier
LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France
A. Galatà
INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy
H. A. Koivisto, O.A. Tarvainen
JYFL, Jyväskylä, Finland

Fine frequency tuning of ECR ion sources is a main issue to optimize the production of multiply charged ion beams. The PHOENIX charge breeder operation has been tested in the range 13,75 - 14,5 GHz with an HF power of about 400 W. The effect of this tuning is analyzed by measuring the multi-ionization efficiency obtained for various characterized injected 1+ ion beams (produced by the 2.45 GHz COMIC source). The 1+/n+ method includes the capture and the multi ionization processes of the 1+ beam and may be considered as a plasma probe. The n+ spectra obtained could be considered, in first approach, as an image of the plasma of the charge breeder. However, in certain conditions it has been observed that the injection of a few hundreds of nA of 1+ ions (i.e.: Xe¹⁺) in the plasma of the charge breeder, is able to destroy the charge state distribution of the support gas (i.e.: up to 40 % of O⁶⁺ and O⁷⁺ disappears). The study of this phenomenon will be presented along with plasma potential measurements for various charge states. This study may help to understand the ECRIS creation (or destruction) of highly charged ions.

Slides WECOBK03 [7.745 MB]

Paper	Title	Page
MOCOCK01	PK-ISIS: a New Superconducting ECR Ion Source at Pantechnik	26
	A.C.C. Villari, C. Bieth, W. Bougy, B.N. Brionne, X. Donzel, G. Gaubert, R. Leroy, A. Sineau, O. Tasset, C. Vallerand PANTECHNIK, BAYEUX, France T. Thuillier LPSC, Grenoble, France
	The new ECR ion source PK-ISIS was recently commissioned at Pantechnik. Three superconducting coils generate the axial magnetic field configuration while the radial magnetic field is done with multi-layer permanent magnets. Special care was devoted in the design of the hexapolar structure, allowing a maximum magnetic field of 1.32 T at the wall of the 82 mm diameter plasma chamber. The three superconducting coils using Low Temperature Superconducting wires are cooled by a single double stage cryo-cooler (4.2 K). Cryogen-free technology is used, providing reliability, easy maintenance at low cost. The maximum installed RF power (18.0 GHz) is of 2 kW. Metallic beams can be produced with an oven (Tmax = 1400 °C) installed with an angle of 5° with respect to the source axis or a sputtering system, mounted in the axis of the source. The beam extraction system is constituted of three electrodes in accel-decel configuration. Description of the source and results of the magnetic measurements will be given. Performances of the source in terms of beam intensities and charge states distribution will be presented.
	Slides MOCOCK01 [3.226 MB]

MOPOT005	High Current Production with 2.45 GHz ECR Ion Source	50
	A. Coly, T. Lamy, T. Thuillier LPSC, Grenoble, France G. Gaubert, A.C.C. Villari PANTECHNIK, BAYEUX, France
	A new test bench has been installed at LPSC dedicated to 2.45 GHz ECR Ion Sources characterization. Several magnetic structures have been tested around the same plasma cavity. For example, a current density of 70 mA/cm² has been measured with the MONO1000 source lent by GANIL. An original ECRIS, named SPEED (for 'Source d'ions à aimants PErmanents et Extraction Dipôlaire'), presenting a dipolar magnetic field at the extraction will also be presented.
	Poster MOPOT005 [3.130 MB]

TUCOAK01	First A/Q=3 Beams of Phoenix V2 on the Heavy Ions Low Energy Beam Transport Line of SPIRAL2	75
	C. Peaucelle IN2P3 IPNL, Villeurbanne, France J. Angot, P. Grandemange, T. Lamy, T. Thuillier LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France J.-L. Biarrotte IPN, Orsay, France D. Uriot CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
	The heavy ions low energy beam transport line (LEBT) of Spiral2 built at LPSC Grenoble is fully operational since the beginning of 2010. This LEBT has been calculated and designed to hold permanently 15 mA of multicharged ions extracted from the source at 60 kV. PHOENIX V2 ECRIS is presently installed on the LEBT and first tests started few months ago: A reliable beam of 1 mAe of O⁶⁺ beam at 45 kV has already been obtained for a long period with a very good transmission, and good reproducibility. Tests continue with an optimization of Ar¹²⁺ beam performance. The promising results of these first runs, particularly emittance measurements, profiles and optimization of charge optics will be presented along. The ECRIS Phoenix V2 and different equipments installed on this line (vacuum system, optic elements, diagnostics) will be described. The future program and planned improvements on the LEBT will be also discussed in this paper.
	Slides TUCOAK01 [2.402 MB]

TUCOBK02	“Preglow” Investigation in ECR Discharge at 37 GHz, 100 kW	90
	V. Skalyga, I. Izotov, S. Razin, V. Sidorov, V. Zorin IAP/RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia T. Lamy, T. Thuillier LPSC, Grenoble, France
	Multicharged ion beams generation in "Preglow" regime is now considered as the main way of short pulsed ion source creation for “Beta Beam” project. The "Preglow" effect has been investigated at a several laboratories (LPSC, JYFL, IAP RAS). The effect was discovered at LPSC on PHOENIX ion source using 18 GHz radiation for plasma heating. Investigations at 14 GHz frequency were made at JYFL. Theoretical analysis demonstrated the advantage of MW frequency increase. Theoretical calculations predict possibility of "Preglow" peaks generation with duration about tens microseconds and rather high average ion charge. At present time at LPSC a joint construction of a new generation ECR ion source with 60 GHz gyrotron plasma heating is running. As a continuation of previous research at 14, 18 and 28 GHz at present work results of experimental and theoretical "Preglow" effect investigations at SMIS 37 setup with 37,5 GHz MW plasma heating are reported. Received data are important as fundamental result in physics of ECRISs and at the same time it is the next step on the way of 60 GHz SEISM facility creation. “Preglow” effect was observed and investigated in experiments with ECR discharge stimulated with gyrotron radiation @ 37.5 GHz, 100 kW. Received dependencies of the “Preglow” parameters are in good correspondence with results of numerical simulations. It was shown in experiments that generation of “Preglow” peak with duration about 30 μs is possible.
	Slides TUCOBK02 [2.338 MB]

WECOBK03	Fine Frequency Tuning of the PHOENIX Charge Breeder Used as a Probe for ECRIS Plasmas	184
	T. Lamy, J. Angot, M. Marie-Jeanne, J. Médard, P. Sortais, T. Thuillier LPSC, Grenoble Cedex, France A. Galatà INFN/LNL, Legnaro (PD), Italy H. A. Koivisto, O.A. Tarvainen JYFL, Jyväskylä, Finland
	Fine frequency tuning of ECR ion sources is a main issue to optimize the production of multiply charged ion beams. The PHOENIX charge breeder operation has been tested in the range 13,75 - 14,5 GHz with an HF power of about 400 W. The effect of this tuning is analyzed by measuring the multi-ionization efficiency obtained for various characterized injected 1+ ion beams (produced by the 2.45 GHz COMIC source). The 1+/n+ method includes the capture and the multi ionization processes of the 1+ beam and may be considered as a plasma probe. The n+ spectra obtained could be considered, in first approach, as an image of the plasma of the charge breeder. However, in certain conditions it has been observed that the injection of a few hundreds of nA of 1+ ions (i.e.: Xe¹⁺) in the plasma of the charge breeder, is able to destroy the charge state distribution of the support gas (i.e.: up to 40 % of O⁶⁺ and O⁷⁺ disappears). The study of this phenomenon will be presented along with plasma potential measurements for various charge states. This study may help to understand the ECRIS creation (or destruction) of highly charged ions.
	Slides WECOBK03 [7.745 MB]