RUPAC2012 - List of Authors (Welton, R.F.)

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TUPPB058	Improving Efficiency of Plasma Generation in H⁻ Ion Source with Saddle Antenna	439
	V.G. Dudnikov, R.P. Johnson Muons, Inc, Batavia, USA S.N. Murray, T.R. Pennisi, M.F. Piller, M. Santana, M.P. Stockli, R.F. Welton ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
	Funding: Work supported in part by US DOE Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 and by STTR grant DE-SC0002690. Progress in development of RF ion source with saddle radio frequency (SA) (RF) antenna which will provide better power efficiency for high pulsed and average current, higher brightness with longer lifetime and higher reliability is considered. Several versions of new plasma generators with different antennas and magnetic field configurations were tested in the Test Stand. The efficiency of positive ion plasma generation has been improved ~4x times up to 0.18 A/cm² per 1 kW of RF power 13.56 MHz. A new version of the RF assisted triggering plasma source (TPS) has been designed, fabricated and tested. A Saddle antenna SPS with water cooling is being fabricated for high duty factor have been tested.

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Improving Efficiency of Plasma Generation in H⁻ Ion Source with Saddle Antenna

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V.G. Dudnikov, R.P. Johnson
Muons, Inc, Batavia, USA
S.N. Murray, T.R. Pennisi, M.F. Piller, M. Santana, M.P. Stockli, R.F. Welton
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Funding: Work supported in part by US DOE Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 and by STTR grant DE-SC0002690.
Progress in development of RF ion source with saddle radio frequency (SA) (RF) antenna which will provide better power efficiency for high pulsed and average current, higher brightness with longer lifetime and higher reliability is considered. Several versions of new plasma generators with different antennas and magnetic field configurations were tested in the Test Stand. The efficiency of positive ion plasma generation has been improved ~4x times up to 0.18 A/cm² per 1 kW of RF power 13.56 MHz. A new version of the RF assisted triggering plasma source (TPS) has been designed, fabricated and tested. A Saddle antenna SPS with water cooling is being fabricated for high duty factor have been tested.