Simulation of ion beam extraction and focusing system

The characteristics of ion beam extraction and focused to a volume as small as possible were investigated with the aid of computer code SIMION 3D version 7. This has been used to evaluate the extraction characteristics (accel-decel system) to generate an ion beam with low beam emittance and high brightness. The simulation process can provide a good study for optimizing the extraction and focusing system of the ion beam without any losses and transported to the required target. Also, a study of a simulation model for the extraction system of the ion source was used to describe the possible plasma boundary curvatures during the ion extraction that may be affected by the change in an extraction potential with a constant plasma density meniscus.     

Optimization and numerical simulation for the extraction system of the H~- multicusp ion source

A new ion source has been designed and manufactured for the CYCLONE30 accelerator, which has a much advanced performance compared with the original. It is expected that the newly designed ion source extraction system will transport a very large percentage of the beam without deteriorating the beam optics, which is designed to deliver an H^- beam at 30 keV. The accelerator assembly consists of three circular aperture electrodes made of copper. The simulation study was focused on finding parameter sets that raise the beam perveance as large as possible and which reduce the beam divergence as low as possible. Ion beams of the highest quality are extracted whenever the half-angular divergence is minimum, for which the perveance current intensity and the extraction gap have optimum values. The triode extraction system is designed and optimized by using CST software (for Particle Beam Simulations). The physical design of the extraction system is given in this paper. From the simulation results, it is concluded that it is possible to achieve this goal by decreasing the thickness of the plasma electrode, shortening the first gap, and adjusting the acceleration electrode voltage.     

Analytical and simulation studies for diode and triode ion beam extraction systems

This work is concerned with ion beam dynamics and compares the emittance to aberration ratios of two-and three-electrode extraction systems. The study is conducted with the aid of Version 7 of SIMION 3D ray-tracing software. The beam dependence on various parameters of the extraction systems is studied and the numerical results lead to qualitative conclusions.     

微型电子回旋共振离子推力器离子源结构优化实验研究

微型电子回旋共振(ECR)离子推力器可满足微小航天器空间探测的推进需求. 为此, 本文开展直径20 mm的微型ECR离子源结构优化实验研究. 根据放电室内静磁场和ECR谐振区的分布特点, 研究不同微波耦合输入位置对离子源性能的影响, 结果表明环形天线处在高于ECR谐振强度的强磁场区域时, 微波与等离子体实现无损耦合, 电子共振加热效果显著, 引出离子束流较大. 根据放电室电磁截止特性, 结合微波电场计算, 研究放电容积对离子源性能的影响, 实验表明过长或过短的腔体长度会导致引出离子束流下降甚至等离子体熄灭. 经优化后离子源性能测试表明, 在入射微波功率2.1 W、氩气流量14.9 μg/s下, 可引出离子束流5.4 mA, 气体放电损耗和利用率分别为389 W/A和15%.     

Positive ion extraction from plasma source and its application in fusion research

Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) is well established technique for heating tokamak plasma and is used in all fusion research programs [1–2]. In our Steady state Superconducting Tokamak (SST) machine [3], neutral hydrogen beam power of 0.5 MW at 30 kV is required to raise plasma ion temperature of ∼1 keV. Future upgrade of the SST will require 1.7 MW of H^o at 55 kV. To fulfill this requirement, an ion extractor system (heart of any NBI system) has been designed to extract 35A H⁺ beam current at 30 kV and of 90 A at 55 kV respectively [4]. In this paper, we have described the physics and ion beam optics study for an ion extraction system suitable for above mentioned long dynamic range of acceleration voltage. The ion beam optics simulation result is used as an input to the engineering design. After fabrication, its performance test has been done. The experimental results are in very good agreement with beam optics simulation.     

HL-2M装置中性束离子源束光学红外成像实验研究

为了研究HL-2M装置中性束注入(NBI)加热用的80kV/45A/5s热阴极离子源束光学特性，采用红外电荷耦合元件(CCD)成像技术，测量离子源引出粒子束轰击量热靶板产生的温度分布，得到束功率密度空间分布区间特征参数1/e半宽度。在NBI热阴极离子源调试平台上，扫描离子源的放电和引出参数，利用CCD红外热像仪获得了对应参数下量热靶上的束功率密度分布。实验结果表明，HL-2M装置NBI加热系统80kV/45A离子源可用的导流系数范围为0.7~1.5μP。同样导流系数下，梯度电极与等离子体电极的分压比较高时，引出束流的半宽度较小。     

Feasibility study on high current ion beam extraction from anode spot plasma for large area ion implantation

In this paper, we have investigated the feasibility of the high current beam extraction from anode spot plasma as an ion source for large area ion implantation. Experiments have been carried out with the ambient plasma produced by inductive coupling with radio-frequency (RF) power of 200 W at the frequency of 13.56 MHz. Anode spot plasmas are generated near the extraction hole of 2 mm in diameter at the center of a bias electrode whose area exposed to the ambient plasma can be changed. It is found that the maximum ion beam current is extracted at the optimum operating pressure at which the area of bias electrode exposed to ambient plasma is fully covered with the anode spot plasma whose size is dominantly determined by the operating pressure for given gas species. It is also observed that the extracted ion beam current increases nonlinearly with the bias power due to the changes in size and shape of the anode spot plasma. With the well-established anode spot plasma operating at the optimum gas pressure, we have successfully extracted high current ion beam of 6.4 mA (204 mA/cm²) at the bias power of 22 W (∼10% of RF power), which is 43 times larger than that extracted from the plasma without anode spot. Based on the experimental results, criteria for electrode design and operating pressure for ion beam extraction from larger extraction aperture are suggested. In addition, the stability of anode spot plasma in the presence of ion beam extraction through an extraction hole is discussed in terms of the particle balance model.     

等离子体离子源发射面的理论计算与数值模拟

 等离子体离子源发射面的位置和形状决定了离子束的传输特性,而发射面的位置与形状又取决于等离子体参数、引出电压、电极结构等,并自动地调节到某个平衡状态。介绍了一种2维情况下等离子体离子源发射面的位置与形状的理论计算方法,即非磁化等离子体不能扩散进入外加电场中大于一定临界值的区域,等离子体离子源发射面的位置及形状可以通过直接求解引出系统的Laplace方程而得到。利用基于PIC的OOPIC程序对不同引出结构的发射面位置及形状和引出束流进行了数值模拟,结果与理论计算的结果十分接近。     

Laser ion source activities at Brookhaven National Laboratory

In Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), we have been developing laser ion sources for diverse accelerators. Tabletop Nd:YAG lasers with up to several Joules of energy are mainly used to create ablation plasmas for stable operations. The obtained charge states depend on laser power density and target species. Two types of ion extraction schemes, direct plasma injection scheme (DPIS) and conventional static extraction, are used depending on the application. We optimized and selected a suitable laser irradiation condition and a beam extraction scheme to meet the requirement of the following accelerator system. We have demonstrated to accelerate more than 5?×?10¹⁰ of C⁶⁺ ions using the DPIS. We successfully commissioned a low-charge ion beam provider to the user facilities in BNL. To achieve higher current, higher charge state and lower emittance, further studies will continue.     

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.     

Characteristics of a high frequency ion source used in a low-energy accelerator

This work presents the characteristics of a high frequency ion source operating on a low energy, 150 keV accelerator. The latter is to be used as a neutron generator and its design is based on a theoretical analysis which shows that if the axial potential in an electrostatic electrode system is made to increase with four thirds the power of axial distance, inward electric forces will compensate space charge forces tending to blow up the beam. This results in a simplified acceleration tube much shorter and of higher gradient than the conventional acceleration columns. The ion source itself is an ordinary type using axial extraction of the beam, and its main properties investigated are the beam current and beam quality (or emittance). Dependence of the two on different parameters is investigated in a series of tests.     

强流ECR离子源引出系统研究

为了提高强流ECR 离子源的引出束流品质,分别设计了1# 和2# 引出系统,利用束流引出模拟软件PBGUNS 对1# 和2# 引出系统进行了质子束流引出与传输的模拟计算,结合实际测得的发射度数据分析引出系统,发现2# 引出系统比1# 引出系统引出束流品质高。对ECR 离子源引出系统的电势等位线分布等参数引起的球差进行了简单数学推导及MATLAB 绘图,并结合1# 和2# 引出系统束流相图模拟结果证明了球差会使引出束流品质有效发射度增长,通过适当加大电极孔径可改善束流聚焦情况,得到了束流光学聚焦较好的束流引出系统设计。To improve the quality of extracted ion beam from a high current ECR ion source, 1# and 2# extraction systems were designed and tested. The PBGUNS code was used to simulate the 1# and 2# extraction systems of proton ion beam. The emittance measurement results with the two different extraction systems were compared and analyzed with the simulation, the conclusion that more high quality beam extracted from 2# system than 1# system was got. The formula derivation of ECR ion source extraction system spherical aberration and MATLAB drawing was done by the analyzing on the distribution of extraction field equipotentials, effective emittance increasing caused by spherical berration was proved by 1# and 2# extraction systems beam phase space simulation result, beam focusing would be improved if electrode hole size increasing appropriately and a general concept on good optics focusing of ion beam extraction system was proposed finally.     

Experiment on the electromagnetic radiation excited in an electron beam‐ion channel system

An experimental study on electromagnetic (EM) radiation in an electron beam‐ion channel system is reported, which indicates the same result predicted by our previous theory. The system is formed in an arc plasma jet with a plasma density of 10¹⁷m^?3 , and the electron beam is driven by a voltage pulse of 20 kV. The result shows that the system can excite EM radiation in the range of the plasma frequency. The scheme is also hopeful to be used for generating high‐frequency and wide‐band EM radiation up to terahertz by enhancing the plasma density.     

基于气体放电等离子体射流源的模拟离子引出实验平台物理特性

离子引出过程是原子蒸气激光同位素分离中非常重要的物理过程之一,而其中关键的等离子体参数(等离子体初始密度和电子温度等)均会对离子引出特性产生影响.基于千赫兹电源驱动的氩气高压交流放电等离子体射流源,建立了离子引出模拟实验平台-2015 (IEX-2015),开发了用于诊断氩等离子体参数的"碰撞-辐射"模型,对等离子体射流区的电子温度和电子数密度等关键参数进行了测量.结果表明,电源输入功率和驱动频率以及工作气体流量均会对等离子体射流区的电子温度和数密度产生影响;在真空腔压强为10~(-2)Pa量级下,射流区电子数密度和电子温度的可调参数范围分别为10~9—10~(11)cm~(-3)和1.7—2.8 e V,这与实际离子引出过程中的等离子体参数范围相近.在此基础上,开展了不同引出电压、极板间距和电子数密度条件下初步的离子引出实验,所得到的离子引出电流变化规律亦与实际原子蒸气激光同位素分离中的离子引出特性定性一致.上述研究结果验证了在IEX-2015上开展离子引出模拟实验的可行性,为后续深入开展离子引出特性的实验研究准备了良好的条件.     

2 cm电子回旋共振离子推力器离子源中磁场对等离子体特性与壁面电流影响的数值模拟

电子回旋共振离子推力器(electron cyclotron resonance ion thruster,ECRIT)离子源内等离子体分布会影响束流引出,而磁场结构决定的ECR区与天线的相对位置共同影响了等离子体分布.在鞘层作用下,等离子体中的离子或电子被加速对壁面产生溅射,形成壁面离子或电子电流,造成壁面磨损和等离子体损失,因此研究壁面电流与等离子体特征十分重要.为此本文建立2 cm ECRIT的粒子PIC/MCC(particle-in-cell with Monte Carlo collision)仿真模型,数值模拟研究磁场结构对离子源内等离子体与壁面电流特性的影响.计算表明,当ECR区位于天线上游时,等离子体集中在天线上游和内外磁环间,栅极前离子密度最低,故离子源引出束流、磁环端面电流和天线壁面电流较低.ECR区位于天线下游时,天线和栅极上游附近的等离子体密度较高,故离子源引出束流、天线壁面电流和磁环端面电流较高.腔体壁面等离子体分布与电流受磁场影响最小.     

Influence of a centered dielectric tube on inductively coupled plasma source: Chamber structures and plasma characteristics

A high-density RF ion source is an essential part of a neutral beam injector. In this study, the authors attempt to retrofit an original regular RF ion source reactor by inserting a thin dielectric tube through the symmetric axis of the discharge chamber. With the aid of this inner tube, the reactor is capable of generating a radial magnetic field instead of the original transverse magnetic field, which solves the E × B drift problem in the current RF ion source structure. To study the disturbance of the dielectric tube, a fluid model is introduced to study the plasma parameters with or without the internal dielectric tube, based on the inductively coupled plasma(ICP) reactor. The simulation results show that while introducing the internal dielectric tube into the ICP reactor, both the plasma density and plasma potential have minor influence during the discharge process, and there is good uniformity at the extraction region. The influence of the control parameters reveals that the plasma densities at the extraction region decrease first and subsequently slow down while enhancing the diffusion region.     

Theoretical analysis of a new extraction system for a DUHOCAMIS operating in a high magnetic field

A new extraction system is designed for a penning ion source DUHOCAMIS(dual hollow cathode ion source for metal ion beams)being installed at the Institute of Heavy Ion Physics,Peking University.We have analyzed theoretically the central particle trajectories in the extraction region for ions having different q/m ratios and then compared our results with the simulation results of CST(Computer Simulation Technology)software.The validity of the system is verified and some analytical formulas are obtained which will be used for the optimization of the extraction system as well as the experimental setup.     

离子推力器推力密度特性

离子推力器推力密度分布对航天器轨道维持和修正具有重要影响.采用粒子模拟-蒙特卡罗碰撞方法模拟束流等离子体输运过程,分析束流多组分粒子喷出数量和速度等微观参数,并计算得到单孔束流推力,结合放电室出口等离子体密度分布,进一步对推力密度分布特性分析,最后开展实验验证.研究结果显示:束流中单价离子、双荷离子以及交换电荷离子的推力贡献比分别为84.63%,15.35%和1.82%,可见推力主要来源于束流中的单价离子和双荷离子,交换电荷离子对推力贡献很小;推力密度分布具有较好的中心轴对称性,从推力器中心沿着径向先快速下降后趋于缓慢;与实验结果对比,经验模型相对误差约为4.1%,数值模型相对误差约为2.8%,相比经验模型,数值模型具有更好的准确性.研究结果可为离子推力器推力密度分布均匀性等优化提供参考.     

负离子源引出系统束光学的数值模拟

根据在表面-等离子体型负离子源中,负离子主要由转换电极表面产生这一特点,参考正离子源引出系统数值计算程序,建立了负离子源引出系统的数值计算模型和计算程序;对表面-等离子体型桶式负离子源引出系统束光学的性质进行了数值模拟。对计算结果的检验和分析表明,这个计算模型和程序反映了负离子源引出系统束光学的基本特性。     

由等离子体引出强流离子束的光学数值模拟

本文叙述了中性束注入器中的强流离子源引出系统离子束光学性质的数值模拟方法,并给出了典型计算结果。计算结果表明:用这种方法能反映强流离子源引出系统最本质的束光学性质,可供选取和研究强流离子束光学系统之用。