Upgrading of the CAPRICE type ECR ion source

The CAPRICE-type ECR ion source mVINIS has been upgraded by increasing its magnetic field to improve a plasma confinement and thereby enhance the source performance. This modification made it also possible to increase the internal diameter of the plasma chamber and to replace the coaxial microwave input by a waveguide. Some major subsystems such as: the vacuum system, the microwave system, the gas inlet system, the solid substance inlet system, and the control system have been also refurbished. All these improvements have resulted in a substantial increase of ion beam currents, especially in the case of high charge states, with the operation of the ion source proven to be stable and reproducible. This modification can be applied to other CAPRICE-type ion sources. © 2018 Author(s).17th International Conference on Ion Sources 2018; Geneva's International Conference Centre Geneva; Switzerland; 15 September 2017 through 20 September 2017; Code 13992

First beam from the DECRIS 14-2m ion source for Slovak Republic

The ECR laboratory of the Cyclotron Centrum of Slovak Republic (CC SR) in Bratislava, Slovakia, consists of the DECRIS 14-2m ion source and two low energy channels. It is a complete injector, consisting of an ECR ion source, focusing and steering elements, an analyzing magnet, a vacuum system, and an ion beam diagnostic system. The DECRIS 14-2m ion source is a multiply charged heavy ion source based on the electron cyclotron resonance principle. The ECR ion source DECRIS 14-2m and other system have been designed and manufactured at the FLNR JINR. The preliminary testing (magnetic field measurements, vacuum testing and testing of ECR ion source) has been performed at FLNR JINR. The final assembly of the DECRIS 14-2m will be done at the CC SR in Bratislava

RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN ECR ION SOURCES AT FLNR JINR

Abstract In the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (JINR) the development of ion sources based on the plasma electrons heating at the frequency of electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) is stimulated by the necessity of the accelerator complex (U-400, U-400M and CI-100 cyclotrons) upgrading as well as by creation of the new high current cyclotrons for basic and applied research. Several ECR ion sources have been operated in the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (JINR) supplying various ion species for the U400 and U400M cyclotrons correspondingly for experiments on the synthesis of heavy and exotic nuclei, using ion beams of stable and radioactive isotopes, for solid state physics experiments and polymer membrane fabrication. In this paper the new development concerned with modernization of ECR4M ion source, development of the new superconducting source DECRIS-SC2 and creation of the DECRIS-5 ion source for the DC-110 cyclotron complex will be presented

Upgrading the ECR ion source within FAMA

Recent upgrading of the Facility for Modification and Analysis of Materials with Ion Beams - FAMA, in the Laboratory of Physics of the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, included the modernization of its electron cyclotron resonance ion source. Since the old ion source was being extensively used for more than 15 years for production of multiply charged ions from gases and solid substances, its complete reconstruction was needed. The main goal was to reconstruct its plasma and injection chambers and magnetic structure, and thus intensify the production of multiply charged ions. Also, it was decided to refurbish its major subsystems - the vacuum system, the microwave system, the gas inlet system, the solid substance inlet system, and the control system. All these improvements have resulted in a substantial increase of ion beam currents, especially in the case of high charge states, with the operation of the ion source proven to be stable and reproducible. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. III 45006