Methods, apparatus, and systems involving ion beam generation
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- an ion gun coupled to a gas source, the ion gun including an ion gun chamber;
a resonator operable to ionize gas received in the ion gun chamber from the gas source, the resonator including an RF electrical energy source, a helical coil wound about a portion of the ion gun chamber and coupled to the RF electrical energy source and an electrical shield positioned about the helical coil;
a magnetic indexing arrangement including several magnetic coils positioned about the ion gun chamber between the gas source and the resonator, a first one and a second one of the magnetic coils having a magnetic field strength greater than a third one of the magnetic coils, the third one of the magnetic coils being positioned between the first one and the second one of the coils.
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Abstract
A high-perveance steady state deuterium ion gun was developed using a magnetic-index resonator in an Inductive Coupling Radio Frequency (ICRF) configuration. This approach made it feasible to generate an ion beam within millimeter dimensions extracted by negative potential placed at several centimeters from the exit of the ion source. The ion gun allows high extraction efficiency and low beam divergence as compared to other approaches.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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an ion gun coupled to a gas source, the ion gun including an ion gun chamber; a resonator operable to ionize gas received in the ion gun chamber from the gas source, the resonator including an RF electrical energy source, a helical coil wound about a portion of the ion gun chamber and coupled to the RF electrical energy source and an electrical shield positioned about the helical coil; a magnetic indexing arrangement including several magnetic coils positioned about the ion gun chamber between the gas source and the resonator, a first one and a second one of the magnetic coils having a magnetic field strength greater than a third one of the magnetic coils, the third one of the magnetic coils being positioned between the first one and the second one of the coils. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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a chamber coupled to a gas source; a resonator operable to ionize gas received in the chamber from the gas source, the resonator extending along the chamber and including an RF electrical energy source; a particle trap positioned between the gas source and the resonator along the chamber; and a focusing arrangement including an aperture device and a magnetic focusing coil, the aperture device including at least a portion that is electrically floating relative to a wall of the chamber. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus, comprising:
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a chamber coupled to a gas source; a resonator operable to ionize gas received in the chamber from the gas source, the resonator extending along the chamber and including an RF electrical energy source; a magnetic indexing arrangement including at least three magnetic coils positioned about the chamber between the gas source and the resonator, one or more of the magnetic coils including a winding that reverses direction and being operable to provide a different magnetic field strength relative to one or more other of the magnetic coils; and a focusing arrangement including an aperture device and a magnetic focusing coil positioned between the resonator and the aperture device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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