Liquid metal alloy ion source based metal ion injection into a room-temperature electron beam ion source

A Thorn; E Ritter; F Ullmann; W Pilz; L Bischoff; G Zschornack

doi:10.1063/1.3673504

Liquid metal alloy ion source based metal ion injection into a room-temperature electron beam ion source

Rev Sci Instrum. 2012 Feb;83(2):02A511. doi: 10.1063/1.3673504.

Authors

A Thorn¹, E Ritter, F Ullmann, W Pilz, L Bischoff, G Zschornack

Affiliation

¹ Fachrichtung Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 10, D-01069 Dresden, Germany. a.thorn@hzdr.de

PMID: 22380207
DOI: 10.1063/1.3673504

Abstract

We have carried out a series of measurements demonstrating the feasibility of using the Dresden electron beam ion source (EBIS)-A, a table-top sized, permanent magnet technology based electron beam ion source, as a charge breeder. Low charged gold ions from an AuGe liquid metal alloy ion source were injected into the EBIS and re-extracted as highly charged ions, thereby producing charge states as high as Au(60 +). The setup, the charge breeding technique, breeding efficiencies as well as acceptance and emittance studies are presented.