Multigan®: First experimental results

Abstract

A new design of a multicharged ion source based on the MONO1000 ECRIS has been presented at the last ECR ion source (ECRIS) Workshop 2010. [L. Maunoury et al., in Proceedings of the XIXth International Workshop on ECR Ion Sources, Grenoble, France, 23-26 August 2010] This source has not only two opening at both ends but also a large space in the middle of the source enabling a direct contact with the ECR plasma. The source has been assembled mechanically and put on a test bench at the Pantechnik company. The primary tests have shown that the plasma ignition occurred at low pressure (10(-6) mbar) and low RF power (10 W). The first experimental results (<Q> = 1.30 for Ar and 1.85 for Xe) demonstrated the potential of this ion source in production of multicharged ion beams.

Charge breeding of light metallic ions: Prospects for SPIRAL

“…This list is nonexhaustive as more elements can in principle be ionized by the so-called Versatile Arc Discharge Ion Source (VADIS) [6]. The possibility of using a Multigan ECRIS [7] directly coupled to the target is also being investigated.…”