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Microwave Ion Source Using Resonant Cavity

Hirokazu Tahara, Toshiaki Yasui, Ken-ichi Onoe, Yasuji Tsubakishita and Takao Yoshikawa

(Received October 9, 1992; accepted for publication January 23, 1993)

Ring-cusped magnetic-field ion sources using 2.45-GHz-microwave resonant cavities were studied to develop high-performance compact ion sources for economically assisting material processings. The minimum flow rate required to sustain discharge was 10 sccm for weak-B-field off-resonance discharge in the TM₀₁₁-mode-excitation cylindrical cavity, 6 sccm for weak-B-field discharge in the reentrant coaxial cavity, in which a stronger electric field was generated compared with that in the cylindrical cavity, and 3 sccm for electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) discharge in the cylindrical cavity. As a result of ion beam extraction, the highest mass utilization efficiency of 18.7% was achieved for ECR discharge.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/32/1298/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.32.1298

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