Theoretical and experimental studies of the extracted MCI beam from an ECR ion source

With the development of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS), very high performance ECRIS nowadays have been set up one by one around the world, such as the GTS in Grenoble, SERSE in Catania, LECR3 in Lanzhou and etc, which can produce very intense Multiply Charged Ion (MCI) beam. But till now, the study of the extracted MCI beam from an ECRIS remains open. In this article, we present a theoretical and experimental study of the extracted MCI beam. In the theoretical part, the influences of the extraction system on the extracted ion beam quality are mainly analyzed. The aspects that have influences on the extracted ion beam quality have been analyzed. With the instruction of the analysis, the PBGUNS code is used to simulate the influences of some important aspects concerning the extraction system. The influences of the extraction system geometry design, magnetic field, and the space charge effect will be detailedly presented in this article. In the experimental part, with an Electric-Sweep Scanner (ESS) emittance detection system, the influences on the extracted ion beam emittance of some typical parameters of ECRIS have been researched, such as the injected RF power, the RF frequency, the magnetic field and etc. The obtained results and the corresponding explanations are presented. Some of the results are well in accord with some empirical laws, but some other results seem to be disputed.