Laser ion sources

Author

Sharkov, Boris ; Scrivens, Richard

Author_Institution

Inst. for Theor. & Exp. Phys., Moscow, Russia

Volume

33

Issue

6

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1778

Lastpage

1785

Abstract

Laser ion sources (LIS) are capable of delivering short pulses of highly charged ions of almost any element, with high intensity. In this paper, the basic processes of the laser interaction with plasma generated from a solid target will be discussed. The application of the laser-plasma theory will be applied to the subsystems of the LIS, and some examples of ion beam properties given, with a more detailed description of the implementation of a LIS at ITEP, Moscow. Finally the parameters for a LIS for high-current, low charge-state, long pulse operation will be discussed, along with transverse magnetic confinement, and the possibilities for injecting a laser plasma into an electron cyclotron resonance ion source.

Keywords

ion beams; magnetic mirrors; plasma light propagation; plasma production by laser; plasma sources; plasma-beam interactions; electron cyclotron resonance ion source; ion beam; laser ion sources; laser-plasma interaction; solid target; transverse magnetic confinement; Ion beams; Ion sources; Laser applications; Laser theory; Magnetic confinement; Optical pulses; Plasma applications; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Solid lasers; Highly charged ions; ion beam applications; ion beams; ion sources; laser applications; particle beams; plasma generation; plasma heating;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2005.860080

Filename

1556669