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An Experimental Study of Waveguide Coupled Microwave Heating with Conventional Multicusp Negative Ion Source

H. KoivistoTaneli KalvasJ. KomppulaJanne LaulainenOlli Tarvainen

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010302 applied physicsWaveguide (electromagnetism)Materials scienceFOS: Physical sciencesPlasmaElectron7. Clean energy01 natural sciencesIon sourcePhysics - Plasma Physics010305 fluids & plasmasIonPlasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)Electric arcPhysics::Plasma Physics0103 physical sciencesAtomic physicsMicrowaveBeam (structure)

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Negative ion production with conventional multicusp plasma chambers utilizing 2.45 GHz microwave heating is demonstrated. The experimental results were obtained with the multicusp plasma chambers and extraction systems of the RFdriven RADIS ion source and the filament driven arc discharge ion source LIISA. A waveguide microwave coupling system, which is almost similar to the one used with the SILHI ion source, was used. The results demonstrate that at least one third of negative ion beam obtained with inductive RF-coupling (RADIS) or arc discharge (LIISA) can be achieved with 1 kW of 2.45 GHz microwave power in CW mode without any modification of the plasma chamber. The co-extracted electron to H^- ratio and the optimum pressure range were observed to be similar for both heating methods. The behaviour of the plasma implies that the energy transfer from the microwaves to the plasma electrons is mainly an off-resonance process.

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2015-03-27
10.1063/1.4916484http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.08061