Generation and transport of a low energy intense ion beam

Author

Bystritskii, V. ; Garate, E. ; Qerushi, A. ; Rostoker, Norman ; Song, Yuning ; VanDrie, A. ; Anderson, Matthew ; Armstrong, S. ; Debolt, N. ; Morehouse, M. ; Matvienko, V. ; Petrov, A. ; Polkovnikova, N. ; Shlapakovsky A ; Isakov, I. ; Binderbauer, M.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

15-18 June 2003

Firstpage

271

Abstract

The paper deals with experiments on generation and transport of a low energy (60-100 keV), high density (10 - 30 A/cm/sup 2/), microsecond ion beam (IB) generated in a magnetically insulated diode (MID) with an active hydrogen-puff ion source. The convergent annular IB was initially ballistically focused then transformed into a paraxial cylindrical shaped beam and transported in vacuum to a distance >1 m with high efficiency using a combination of a concave toroidal magnetic lens and a straight solenoid. 2D one-particle computer simulations of the IB propagation in the lens/solenoid system supported the optimization of the system parameters.

Keywords

ion beams; magnetic lenses; plasma diodes; pulse generators; solenoids; 60 to 100 keV; active hydrogen-puff ion source; ballistic focusing; computer simulations; concave toroidal magnetic lens; energy intense ion beam; magnetically insulated diode; microsecond ion beam; solenoid system; Anodes; Coaxial components; Coils; Ion beams; Lenses; Nuclear power generation; Solenoids; Toroidal magnetic fields; Valves; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003. 14th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7915-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2003.1277708

Filename

1277708