The suitable source for the production of intense beams for high power accelerators must
obey to the request of high brightness, stability, and reliability. The 2.45 GHz off-resonance …

Pinhole and CCD based quasi-optical x-ray imaging technique was applied to investigate
the plasma of an electron cyclotron resonance ion source (ECRIS). Spectrally integrated and …

Electromagnetic wave propagation in anisotropic media has been widely studied over the
last decades since there are several applications where anisotropy plays an important role …

This paper reports the numerical investigation of plasma properties for the microwave
discharge ion thruster μ10. The model consists of a particle in cell simulation and a Monte …

Multiple frequency heating has been used since the'90 in ECR ion sources as heating
schemes able to improve current intensities especially for highly charged ions. More …

Microwave coupling to plasma through cavity dependent resonant modes is one of the key
aspects in a microwave discharge ion source (MDIS) for improving the ion beam qualities as …

This paper describes 3-D numerical simulations and radio frequency (RF) measurements of
wave propagation in microwave-heated magnetized plasmas of ion sources. Full-wave …

Ion sources are a critical component of all particle accelerators. They create the initial beam
that is accelerated by the rest of the machine. This paper will introduce the many methods of …

A comparative study of two microwave driver systems (preliminary and optimized) for a 2.45
GHz hydrogen Electron Cyclotron Resonance plasma generator has been conducted. The …

Intense highly charged ion beam production is essential for high-power heavy ion
accelerators. A novel movable Vlasov launcher for superconducting high charge state …