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Double einzel lens extraction for the JYFL 14 GHz ECR ion source designed with IBSimu

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In order to improve the performance of the JYFL 14 GHz electron cyclotron resonance ion source (ECRIS) and initiate low energy beam transport (LEBT) upgrade at the University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Physics (JYFL) accelerator laboratory, a new ion beam extraction system has been designed and installed. The development of the new extraction was performed with the ion optical code IBSimu, making it the first ECRIS extraction designed with the code. The measured performance of the new extraction is in good agreement with the simulations. Compared to the old extraction the new system provides improved beam quality, i.e. lower transverse emittance values and improved structure of beam profiles, and transmission efficiency of the LEBT and the JYFL K-130 cyclotron. For example, the transmission efficiencies of 40Ar8+ and 84Kr16+ beams have increased by 80 and 90%, respectively. The new extraction system is capable of handling higher beam currents than the old one, which has been demonstrated by extracting new 4He+ and 4He2+ record beam currents of 1.12 mA and 720 μA, exceeding the old records of the JYFL 14 GHz ECRIS by a factor of two.