Status of GISELE: a resonant ionization laser ion source for the production of radioactive ions at GANIL

Laser ion sources are in use extensively to ionize the nuclear reaction products at many on-line radioactive ion beam facilities. They have proven to be reliable and to combine good production efficiencies with chemical selectivity. A Laser ion source is currently under development for the SPIRAL2 project at GANIL. A status update of this project called GISELE is presented.     

Study of short-lived silver isotopes with a laser ion source

The continuum part of the⁶Li (a,a)⁶Li (1.47–2.47 MeV) scattering data at E_a=50 MeV are extracted in two discretized bins. Coupled-channel calculations are carried out coupling the 1⁺ ground state of⁶Li with both the resonant, 3⁺ ₁ state, and two non-resonant continuum states. The discretized continuum of the⁶Li (p,p)⁶Li (1.75–3.25 MeV) scattering data at E_p=65 MeV are also analysed on the same footing. In both the cases the effect of coupling is found to be minimal.     

Field ion microscopy of germanium: Field ionization and surface states

Field evaporated Ge tips were imaged with Ar and Ne at 80° K. The ions of these gases display identical field ion images. A striking correlation between the regional brightness of FIM and FEM patterns was found. Electron shadow microscopy and the behavior of FIM images above BIV indicate no local field enhancements, thus this correlation must be explained by the electronic structure of the surface. Explanation is furnished by a model, where electrons of the image gas tunnel preferentially into surface states. This model, based on the known fact that surface states of Ge contribute in field emission, is supported by the observation that in regions of low index poles, oxygen adsorption decreases the surface density of centers above which field ionization occurs.     

Upgrade to the IGISOL laser ion source towards spectroscopy on Tc

A new method of optical pumping has been applied to increase the power of the Ti:Sapphire laser system of the FURIOS laser ion source, Jyväskylä. This upgrade has led to a factor of two improvement in the output power, and has been directly employed in the first off-line laser ionisation tests on the long-lived refractory isotope ⁹⁹Tc. In the future further studies will be done to determine the efficiency of this ionisation scheme and to employ it for on-line experiments.     

Changes in the mean square charge radii of neutron-deficient europium isotopes measured by the laser ion source resonance ionization spectroscopy

The laser ion source has been used for the study of the isotope shifts of neutron-deficient Eu isotopes. The extension of the region of applicability of the method by using the - and -radiation detection is reported. We have measured the isotope shifts of the europium optical line 576.520 nm for . To increase the laser ion source efficiency an axial magnetic field (350 gauss) was applied. Nearly a twofold rise of the ionization efficiency for Eu was observed. By using the effect of optical ion bunching an increase of the selectivity was obtained. The isotope shift data for are in agreement with the previously measured isotope shifts for these nuclides. The new data for and refined data for point to a gradual increase of the deformation for these isotopes. Comparisons with microscopic-macroscopic calculations and calculations in the framework of the Hartree-Fock model were performed.Received: 10 November 2003, Revised: 28 April 2004, Published online: 19 October 2004PACS: 29.25.Rm Sources of radioactive nuclei - 42.62.Fi Laser spectroscopy - 21.10.-k Properties of nuclei; nuclear energy levels - 21.10.Ft Charge distribution     

800 nm激光作用下碘乙烷的多光子电离解离研究

在800nm飞秒激光作用下对碘乙烷多光子电离解离过程进行了研究,获得了碘乙烷分子的多光子电离飞行时间（MPI-TOF）质谱.光强指数分析表明母体离子主要发生3+3共振增强多光子电离（REMPI）过程.根据部分碎片离子占总离子信号的百分比对激光强度的依赖关系,讨论了碘乙烷的多光子电离解离机制,得出了C₂H₅I分子的多光子电离（MPI）属于母体离子离解阶梯模式.文中分析了母体离子在该波长下主要两条解离通道,其中C-I键的断裂为主要通道.应用高斯03在B3LYP/3-21G基组上计算了两条通道能量的变化,理论进一步验证了实验结果的合理性.     

De-excitation processes near the surface of ion bombarded SiO2 and Si

Ion bombardment induced secondary ion and optical excitation from oxide coated Si has been studied as the oxide layer is eroded away. By comparing ion and photon yields, a model for the role of resonant and Auger electron transitions in the neutralisation and de-excitation of the sputtered atoms and ions has been suggested.     

Conceptional design of the laser ion source based hadrontherapy facility

A laser ion source (LIS), which can provide a carbon beam with highly stripped state (C⁶⁺) and high intensity (several tens mA), would significantly change the overall design of the hadrontherapy facility. The proposed LIS based hadrontherapy facility has the advantages of short linac length, simple injection scheme, and small synchrotron size. With the experience from the DPIS and HITFiL projects that have been conducted in IMP, a conceptional design of the LIS based hadrontherapy facility will be presented, with special attention given to APF type IH DTL design and simulation.     

Design and development of the CSNS ion source control system

Now that the CSNS ion source test stand has been stably working for years, an online control system for the CSNS ion source which aims to be more stable and reliable is now under development. F3RP61-2L, a new PLC CPU module running an embedded Linux system, is introduced to the system as an IOC, to function together with the I/O modules of FA-M3 PLC on the PLC-bus. The adoption of the new IOC not only simplifies the architecture of the control system, but also improves the data transmission speed. In this paper, the design and development of the supervisory and control system for the CSNS ion source are described.     

Effects of the laser pulse transverse spatial distribution on multiphoton ionization processes

In this paper we study the influence of the transverse spatial distribution of the laser beam on the estimate of the photoionization cross section for the specific case of two-step photoionization (TSPI) of benzene. In particular, we discuss the sensitivity of the inferred cross section on the multimode transverse operation of the dye laser oscillator.     

The theoretical and experimental study of the ionization processes during the low energy ion sputtering

The process by which atoms are ionized as they are sputtered from a metal surface has been analyzed both theoretically and experimentally. In the theoretical part the expressions for ionization coefficient R⁺ of atoms having the ionization energy much larger than the metal work function have been derived using a molecular orbital method. The effect of the level crossing was estimated in an approximate way. In the experimental part the SIMS experiments on clean Ni and Al surfaces and on Ni surface covered with a submonolayer of adsorbed K, Na and Al are reported. It has been found and it is for the first time reported that the energy distribution of ions sputtered from a submonolayer of adatoms is independent of energy (200–2500 eV) and mass (Ar⁺ Xe⁺ of incident ions and depends only upon the adsorption energy of the adatom. The energy distribution of ions sputtered from bulk samples has been found dependent on the primary ion energy. The measurement of the absolute value of R⁺ has shown that there is a strong correlation between the number of the adatom valence d-electrons and the value of R⁺, the value of R⁺ being smaller for atoms with more d-electrons. These experimental data have been compared with the theoretical expressions and the important role of the mechanism which takes into account the bending of the adatom energy level has been assessed.     

On an application of the causality principle to the theory of ion transport processes

We suggest an approach for ion transport processes that is motivated by analogies with the S-matrix theory. By using causality-based analyticity assumptions, conductivity frequency pre-factors are expressed in terms of the transfer amplitude. This provides a means of dealing with a unified scheme that includes ionic oscillations in wells and classical-like escaping. As an application, we use this technique to reproduce results obtained in terms of the Kramers problem without invoking the Kramers’ Fokker-Planck equation or details of the transfer mechanism in solid electrolytes.     

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。     

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。     

Effects of molecular structure on ion disintegration patterns in ionization of O2 and N2 by short laser pulses

We demonstrate that the structure of the outermost orbitals of oxygen and nitrogen can be observed in the angular distribution of coincident ion pairs generated by the double ionization of these molecules by 8 fs laser pulses. We do this by establishing that these ions emerge from well defined excited electronic states of O2+2 and N2+2 respectively and that they are produced dominantly through a process which involves electron rescattering. The angular distributions of the ions from the two targets are very different, reflecting the different structures of the outermost orbitals of the two molecules.     

Application of ultrasonic surface waves in the detection of microcracks using the scanning heating laser source technique

This letter reports the application of the scanning heating laser source technique to detect microcracks that may be undetected by conventional methods.In the proposed approach,we monitor changes in the transmitted surface acoustic waves(SAWs) as a heating source is scanned over the crack.The experimental system for microcrack detection by a scanning heating laser source is obtained by exploiting the strong dependence of the transmission efficiency of acoustic pulses on the state of the contacts,whether open or closed,between the crack faces.Microcracks can be detected successfully by confirming the heating position at the point of maximal improvement of the transmission efficiency of the SAWs.     

Application of the laser ion source for isotope shift and hyperfine structure investigation

The study of nuclei far from stability requires high sensitivity of the experimental technique. The method of Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy in a Laser Ion Source (RIS/LIS) allows one to carry out measurements of the isotope shifts and hyperfine splittings for isotopes at the production rate about 10² atoms per second. The sensitivity of this method is determined by the high efficiency of the laser ion source and the low background of the detection system afforded by characteristic α particle registration. The isotope shifts and hyperfine structures of ¹⁵⁵Yb, ¹⁵⁴Tm (I=9 and I=2) and ¹⁵³Tm (I=11/2) have been measured and the isotopic changes in mean square charge radii and nuclear electromagnetic moments have been determined. The further development of this experimental method – enhanced Target Ion Source system aimed to suppress thermionic background – enables direct detection of the photoions and widens the range of the applicability of the RIS/LIS method. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Secondary ion emission. Part II: Testing of the thermodynamic non-equilibrium model of surface ionization

Abstract

Using experimental values of the relative yields of positive and negative secondary ions for 31 pure elements and 9 compounds bombarded with 13.5 keV Cs⁺ ions temperatures of sputtering centers, T _sc , have been determined. Similarly, the degrees of ionization of sputtered atoms, α₊ and α_?, have been determined from M ₊ and M _? yields and as assumed secondary ion transmission efficiency of 1%. Two non-equilibrium equations of surface ionization (NESI) were used to determine T _sc . The calculated temperatures, as well as the degrees of ionization, have periodic dependence on the atomic number of the target, Z ₂. Most of the calculated temperatures are lower than the boiling temperatures, T _b , of bombarded targets and for refractory elements T _sc values are even lower than the melting temperatures, T _m . However, T _sc for most of the amphoteric and non-metallic elements are higher than T _b but lower than their critical temperatures, T _c .     

Granularity growth of laser speckle and its application to surface inspection

A process of granularity growth in partially developed speckle patterns produced in the near field of wavy object surfaces illuminated using a laser has been experimentally studied by investigating the probability density function and average contrast of their intensity variations. These parameters have been measured as a function of the distance from the object surface to the detector for four typical sample objects having different surface qualities. It has been found that the variation in average speckle contrast with receiving distance is strongly dependent on the surface quality of the objects. The saturated value of the speckle contrast, found from the graph of its dependence on receiving distance, is also related to the maximum height of irregularities in the surface.     

Study on incident laser modulation using surface micro-defects on KH2PO4 crystal

KH2PO4 crystal is a crucial optical component of inertial confinement fusion. Modulation of an incident laser by surface micro-defects will induce the growth of surface damage, which largely restricts the enhancement of the laser induced damage threshold. The modulation of an incident laser by using different kinds of surface defects are simulated by employing the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method. The results indicate that after the modulation of surface defects, the light intensity distribution inside the crystal is badly distorted, with the light intensity enhanced symmetrically. The relations between modulation properties and defect geometries （e.g., width, morphology, and depth of defects） are quite different for different defects. The modulation action is most obvious when the width of surface defects reaches 1.064 p-m. For defects with smooth morphology, such as spherical pits, the degree of modulation is the smallest and the light intensity distribution seems relatively uniform. The degree of modulation increases rapidly with the increase of the depth of surface defects and becomes stable when the depth reaches a critical value. The critical depth is 1.064 μm for cuboid pits and radial cracks, while for ellipsoidal pits the value depends on both the width and the length of the defects.