TU Dresden/IAP, Dresden
DREEBIT, Dresden
FZD, Dresden
Electron Beam Ion Sources (EBIS) are powerful tools to produce ions over a wide ion charge spectrum for nearby all elements. A wide spectrum of very different applications of EBIS is known. The EBIS are used in basic research as well as in applications of different fields of technology but also in conjunction with particle accelerators. With the Dresden EBIS ion source family compact ion sources for the production of highly charged ions (HCIs) as platform technology for a wide field of applications are available. The Dresden EBIS-A is a compact, long-term stable room-temperature ion source and the Dresden EBIS-SC a new superconducting high-current EBIS for the production of high currents of HCI. Significant parameters of these ion sources are compared in the present paper. This paper discusses the performance of the presented ion sources for the production of HCIs, compare the sources with other existing machines and discusses the usability of the Dresden EBIS sources in connection with different types of accelerators. It is shown that the sources are particularly suitable for applications in medical particle therapy. The outstanding properties of the EBIS favor them for use with CYCLINACS, Rapid Cycling Medical Synchrotrons and complex synchrotron based medical irradiation facilities.
