• DocumentCode
    572013
  • Title

    Laser formation of lithium plasma ion sources for applied-B ion diodes on the PBFA-II accelerator

  • Author

    Tisone, Gary C. ; Renk, T.J. ; Johnson, D.J. ; Gerber, R.A. ; Adams, R.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    25-29 May 1992
  • Firstpage
    800
  • Lastpage
    805
  • Abstract
    An active ion source, LEVIS (Laser Evaporation Ion Source), using a short pulsed Nd laser (1.06 m, 8ns) to form a thin Li vapor layer and a tuned dye laser (670.8nm, μsec) for ionization is being developed at Sandia. The LEVIS process has been developed and characterized in the laboratory. Initial experiments using these ion sources on PBFA-II produced ion beams with a low fraction of lithium ions and with low voltages. Recent experiments using improved distribution optics and anode cleaning techniques are described.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Heating; Ion sources; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Lithium; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High-Power Particle Beams, 1992 9th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    000-0-0000-0000-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6306574