轴向加速管—一种新的高功率微波源

 提出一种新的高功率微波源器件——轴向加速管,与径向加速管比较,有两点不同：在二极管/共振腔后加了一个加速区及将径向加速改为轴向加速。研究了这种器件中电子束的群聚和辐射。发现在二极管与共振腔结合的系统里,电子束可实现理想群聚,各次谐波电流在非相对论条件下可达到初始电流的5.6倍。通过电子束再加速和仔细设计提取腔,可望得到可调频率和高功率的微波脉冲。     

Influence of ion-beam plasma on ion extraction efficiency in a single-grid ion source

The influence of ion-beam plasma on ion extraction efficiency in a single-grid ICP ion source is researched. The single-grid ion source is considered as a system with two plasmas, ion-beam plasma and the source plasma, separated by an extraction grid. Results of experimental measurements of the potentials of the two plasmas and the ion beam current dependence on these potentials are presented. It is shown that the ion extraction efficiency depends equally on both the acceleration potential and on the potential of the ion-beam plasma. The obtained results demonstrate the key role of the ion-beam plasma in the ion source operation, which is important in technological applications and space thrusters.     

为IBA C70回旋加速器设计研制的采用Cusp场型H-离子源与产生He束的ECR离子源的双束轴向注入系统

At the moment,a 70MeV cyclotron is under construction by the IBA company.This cyclotron will be able to accelerate H~- beam from a multicusp source and with a beam intensity in the range of 10mA at the source extraction.A He~(1 2 ) beam is also required.This beam will be produced by a PANTECHNIK ECR ion source(SUPERNANOGAN)with an extracted current of 1 to 2mA.In this paper the studies and design of the two sources with a common axial injection in the cyclotron are described.     

Energetic electron and ion beam generation in plasma openingswitches

In this paper, we present measurements of ion and electron flows in a nanosecond plasma opening switch (NPOS) and a microsecond plasma opening switch (MPOS), performed using charge collectors. In both experiments, an electron flow toward the anode, followed by an ion flow, were observed to propagate downstream toward the load side of the plasma during the plasma opening switch (POS) conduction. In the MPOS, ion acceleration was observed to propagate axially through the entire plasma. These results are in satisfactory agreement with the predictions of the electron magnetohydrodynamics (EHMD) theory and the results of fluid and particle-in-cell (PIC) code simulations. At the beginning of the POS opening, a high-current density (≈2 kA/cm²) short-duration (10-30 ns) axial ion flow downstream toward the load was observed in both experiments, with an electron beam in front of it. These ions are accelerated at the load side of the plasma and are accompanied by comoving electrons. In the NPOS, the ion energy reaches 1.35 MeV, whereas in the MPOS, the ion energy does not exceed 100 keV. We suggest that in the NPOS the dominant mechanism for the axial ion acceleration is collective acceleration by the space charge of the electron beam, while in the MPOS, axial ion acceleration is probably governed by the Hall field in the current carrying plasma     

Acceleration and radiation of externally injected electrons in laser plasma wakefield driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian pulse

By using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, externally injected electron beam acceleration and radiation in donut-like wake fields driven by a Laguerre-Gaussian pulse are investigated. Studies show that in the acceleration process the total charge and azimuthal momenta of electrons can be stably maintained at a distance of a few hundreds of micrometers. Electrons experience low-frequency spiral rotation and high-frequency betatron oscillation, which leads to a synchrotron-like radiation. The radiation spectrum is mainly determined by the betatron motion of electrons. The far field distribution of radiation intensity shows axial symmetry due to the uniform transverse injection and spiral rotation of electrons. Our studies suggest a new way to simultaneously generate hollow electron beam and radiation source from a compact laser plasma accelerator.     

Numerical Modeling of Ion-Optical Systems for Extraction of a Beam of Negative Hydrogen Ions and Its Acceleration and Matching with a Radio-Frequency Quadrupole Accelerator

A source of negative hydrogen ions is constructed at the Institute for High Energy Physics in order to raise the intensity of the U-70 accelerator complex using multiturn charge-exchange injection. The 3D ion-optical IBSimu simulation package was used to model and optimize the system for extraction of an ion beam from plasma, its acceleration to 100 keV, and matching with a radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator. The system of extraction of an ion beam with a current of 50 mA and electron-flow suppression was modeled. The magnetic transport channels with two solenoids and six quadrupole lenses were compared. The end goals of analysis of the matching channel were to obtain the needed Twiss parameters and to minimize the emittance growth at the RFQ input.     

Generation of Electron Beams in the Range of Forevacuum Pressures

This paper presents the results of a study on the generation of electron beams at gas pressures ranging from 0.01 to 0.1 Torr. The fact that this range of pressures is attainable with mechanical pumps only has provoked interest in this problem. To generate an electron beam, use is made of a plasma source based on a hollow-cathode discharge in combination with a plane-parallel acceleration gap. In the given range of pressures, the peculiarities of emission and acceleration of electrons are related to the high probability of ionization of the gas in the acceleration gap and to the formation of an ion flow propagating toward the electron beam. This causes a decrease in discharge operating voltage and also an increase in plasma density in the emission region. Two types of breakdown are observed in the acceleration gap: an interelectrode breakdown and a breakdown in the plasma–electrode system. The designed electron source allows one to obtain beams of cylindrical cross section with currents of up to 1 A and energies of up to 10 keV.     

IONS CONFINEMENT IN ELECTRON BEAM ION TRAP

This paper shows the evolution of density and temperature of multi-charged ions in an electron beam ion trap (EBIT). Three cases are studied: the continuous neutral gas injection, ion source injection, and evaporative cooling. The effects of the neutral gas density, axial potential, and the beam current density on the ions evolution are discussed.     

Inner-shell ionization of rotating linear molecules in the presence of spin-dependent interactions: Entanglement between a photoelectron and an auger electron

The complex dynamical behavior of the electron sheath in laser driven ion acceleration leads to variations in ion beam pointing and ion energy modulation. These processes are derived from high resolution particle spectroscopy and 2D-PIC simulations. The phenomena arise from ion source movement if laser irradiation occurs at oblique incidence. Different laser absorption processes act in dependence on laser parameter which determines the ion acceleration.     

SECRAL在18GHz频率下产生强流高电荷态离子束的初步结果

A Superconducting ECR ion source with Advanced design in Lanzhou (SECRAL) was successfully built to produce intense beams of highly charged ions for Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL).The ion source has been optimized to be operated at 28GHz for its maximum performance.The superconducting magnet confinement configuration of the ion source consists of three axial solenoid coils and six sextupole coils with a cold iron structure as field booster and clamping.For 28GHz operation,the magnet assembly can produce peak mirror fields on axis 3.6T at injection,2.2T at extraction and a radial sextupole field of 2.0T at plasma chamber wall.A unique feature of SECRAL is that the three axial solenoid coils are located inside of the sextupole bore in order to reduce the interaction forces between the sextupole coils and the solenoid coils. During the ongoing commissioning phase at 18GHz with a stainless steel chamber,tests with various gases and some metals have been conducted with microwave power less than 3.2kW and it turned out the performance is very promising.Some record ion beam intensities have been produced,for instance,810eμA of O~(7 ),505eμA of Xe~(20 ),306eμA of Xe~(27 ),21eμA of Xe~(34 ),2.4eμA of Xe~(38 ) and so on.To reach better results for highly charged ion beams,further modifications such as an aluminium chamber with better cooling,higher microwave power and a movable extraction system will be done,and also emittance measurements are being prepared.     

Performance of 300 s-beam extraction in the KSTAR neutral beam injector

The first neutral beam injector (NBI-1) has been developed for the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) tokamak. The first long pulse ion source (LPIS-1) has been installed in the NBI-1 for an auxiliary heating and current drive of KSTAR plasmas. The performance of 300 s ion beam extraction in the LPIS-1 was investigated on the KSTAR NBI-1 system, prior to the neutral beam injection for long pulse operation. The ion source consists of a magnetic bucket plasma generator with multi-pole cusp fields and a set of prototype tetrode accelerators with circular-type apertures. The inner volume of the plasma generator and accelerator column in the LPIS-1 is approximately 123 L. The nominal operation requirements for the ion source (IS) were a 100 kV/50 A deuterium beam and a 300 s pulse length. The extraction of ion beams was initiated by the formation of arc plasmas in the LPIS-1, called an arc-beam extraction method. A stable ion beam extraction of the LPIS-1 was achieved with 80 kV/27 A and a beam perveance of 1.19 microperv for a 300 s pulse length. Beam power deposition along the NBI-1 has been measured using water-flow calorimetry (WFC), and the sum of the deposited power on the ion source and beamline components was about 93% of the drained acceleration power (V_acc?I_acc). The beam power deposition was compared to the calculated results of the beam transport with re-ionization (BTR) code.     

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EAST NBI束线综合测试台已研制完成并具备一台兆瓦级离子源测试运行的全套电源设备,包括离子源灯丝电源、弧电源、加速器电源、抑制极电源、偏转磁体电源及缓冲器电源等。介绍了EAST兆瓦级离子源进行起弧放电调试运行的方式,叙述了各套离子源电源系统的设计结构、技术特点及运行控制方式,分析了离子源电源系统稳定可靠运行需要解决的各个难点,给出了EAST束线样机进行高功率及长脉冲束引出测试运行的实验结果。     

基于射频功率调节的负离子源束流反馈控制研究北大核心CSCD

基于射频负离子源的中性束注入系统是高功率长脉冲(稳态)运行中性束注入系统的最佳选择。负离子源是中性束注入系统的核心部件,需要实现稳定的负离子束引出和加速。在负离子源的运行过程中引出负离子电流会发生变化,尤其在长脉冲、高能量运行条件下会更加明显,因此无法满足稳定运行的要求。为了实现引出束流的稳定引出,开展了束流反馈控制研究,研发了一套基于射频功率调节的束流反馈控制系统,并将束流反馈控制系统应用在射频负离子源测试平台,开展了束流反馈控制测试。测试结果表明束流反馈控制系统能够实现对束流的实时反馈调节以获得束流的稳定引出,验证了基于射频功率调节的束流反馈控制的可行性,为高功率射频负离子源的研制提供支持。     

2.45GHz ECR 强流等离子体源核心部件设计与实验研究

电子回旋共振(Electron Cyclotron Resonance,ECR)等离子体源能产生高电荷态离子、高流强的单电荷态离子,提供稳定的束流和良好的重复性.核心部件的设计对ECR等离子体源是至关重要的,磁场对等离子体的生成和分布有直接影响,良好的磁场可以提高等离子体的性能和效率.采用有限元分析方法对ECR等离子体源磁场进行分析与设计,得到了满足设计需求与目标的磁场位形,通过高斯计对设计的永磁环轴向磁场精确测量,发现磁场仿真结果与实验结果吻合比较好,只是轴向磁场最大值及对应位置上有点偏差.通过集成实验,研究核心部件对离子源引出束流强度的影响,引出束流稳定且强度达到7 m A.     

Temperature-Insensitive Fibre-Optic Acceleration Sensor Based on Intensity-Referenced Fibre Bragg Gratings

A temperature-insensitive acceleration sensor using two fibre Bragg gratings （FBGs）, based on reflection spectrum intensity modulation and optical power detection, is proposed and demonstrated. A cantilever beam is used to generate acceleration-induced axial strain along two sensing gratings, which are glued on the two opposite surfaces of the beam. Because the two gratings operate within the linear spectral range of a light source, formed by a thermally-tunable extrinsic Fabry-Perot optical filter, the intensity difference of the two reflections from the gratings is proportional to the acceleration applied. This eliminates the need for sophisticated wavelength interrogation of the gratings, and it also endows the sensor with immunity to temperature variation. Compared with a commercial micromachined accelerometer, the sensor is proven to be capable of accurately detecting acceleration.     

Ion-optical characteristics of a laser mass spectrometer with a coordinate-sensitive microelectronic detector

The ion-optical systems of a mass spectrometer with a laser ion source and coordinate-sensitive microelectronic detector are analyzed using the matrizant method. The dispersion properties of the mass spectrometer, as well as ion beam radial and axial focusings in its optimized ion-optical system, are determined, and first-and second-order angular and velocity aberrations of the image are corrected. The basic parameters and characteristics of a refined (according to calculation results) version of the laser mass spectrometer with a coordinate-sensitive microelectronic detector are presented.     

The vibration characteristics of a beam with an axial force

Equations of motion are found for a non-uniform damped Timoshenko beam with a distributed axial force. Principal modes may be extracted by numerical means when the boundary conditions are specified, and the appropriate orthogonality conditions are given. The theory of linear forced vibration can thus be derived. It is an implicit requirement that all axial forces are conservative. That is to say, tangential, follower and partial follower axial forces (whether applied at an extremity or distributed along the beam) are excluded.     

Acceleration of dust grains by means of the high energy ion beam

The acceleration of charged dust grains by a high energy ion beam is investigated by obtaining the dispersion relation. The Cherenkov and cyclotron acceleration mechanisms of dust grains are compared with each other. The role of dusty plasma parameters and the magnetic field strength in the acceleration process are discussed. In addition, the stimulated waves by an ion beam in a fully magnetized dust–ion plasma are studied. It is shown that these waves are unstable at different angles with respect to the external magnetic field. It is also indicated that the growth rates increase by either increasing the ion and dust densities or decreasing the magnetic field strength. Finally, the results of our research show that the high energy ion beam can accelerate charged dust grains.     

Systematic investigation of the reactive ion beam sputter deposition process of SiO<Subscript>2</Subscript>

Ion beam sputter deposition (IBSD) is an established physical vapour deposition technique that offers the opportunity to tailor the properties of film-forming particles and, consequently, film properties. This is because of two reasons: (i) ion generation and acceleration (ion source), sputtering (target) and film deposition (substrate) are locally separated. (ii) The angular and energy distribution of sputtered target atoms and scattered primary particles depend on ion incidence angle, ion energy, and ion species. Ion beam sputtering of a Si target in a reactive oxygen atmosphere was used to grow SiO₂ films on silicon substrates. The sputtering geometry, ion energy and ion species were varied systematically and their influence on film properties was investigated. The SiO₂ films are amorphous. The growth rate increases with increasing ion energy and ion incidence angle. Thickness, index of refraction, stoichiometry, mass density and surface roughness show a strong correlation with the sputtering geometry. A considerable amount of primary inert gas particles is found in the deposited films. The primary ion species also has an impact on the film properties, whereas the influence of the ion energy is rather small.