Molecular and negative ion production by a standard electron cyclotron resonance ion source

R Rácz; S Biri; Z Juhász; B Sulik; J Pálinkás

doi:10.1063/1.3662960

Molecular and negative ion production by a standard electron cyclotron resonance ion source

Rev Sci Instrum. 2012 Feb;83(2):02A313. doi: 10.1063/1.3662960.

Authors

R Rácz¹, S Biri, Z Juhász, B Sulik, J Pálinkás

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Nuclear Research (ATOMKI), Bem tér 18/c, H-4026 Debrecen, Hungary. rracz@atomki.hu

PMID: 22380160
DOI: 10.1063/1.3662960

Abstract

Molecular and negative ion beams, usually produced in special ion sources, play an increasingly important role in fundamental and applied atomic physics. The ATOMKI-ECRIS is a standard ECR ion source, designed to provide highly charged ion (HCI) plasmas and beams. In the present work, H(-), O(-), OH(-), O(2)(-), C(-), C(60)(-) negative ions and H(2)(+), H(3)(+), OH(+), H(2)O(+), H(3)O(+), O(2)(+) positive molecular ions were generated in this HCI-ECRIS. Without any major modification in the source and without any commonly applied tricks (such as usage of cesium or magnetic filter), negative ion beams of several μA and positive molecular ion beams in the mA range were successfully obtained.