Published 1989 | Version v1
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Development of the BOLVAPS/LIBORS lithium ion source for the PBFA II accelerator

Description

A mm thick, 1016 - 1017 cm-3 Li plasma may be the ion source for the PBFA II Applied-B ion diode. BOLVAPS (boil-off lithium vapor source) is a technique for making a thin layer of Li vapor by rapid ohmic heating of a thin-film laminate, one layer of which contains Li. LIBORS (laser ionization based on resonance saturation) is a technique for ionizing Li using light tuned to the 670.8 nm Li transition. The authors are fabricating and evaluating prototype BOLVAPS anodes using alumina and enameled substrates. In this paper, they describe the BOLVAPS/LIBORS scheme in detail, review its underlying physics, outline the major materials and electrical engineering challenges, and present the status of plasma source experiments

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IEEE Service Center.
Imprint Place
Piscataway, NJ (USA)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE international conference on plasma science (Abstracts)
Imprint Pagination
180 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 69-70.

Conference

Title
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers international conference on plasma science.
Dates
22-24 May 1989.
Place
Buffalo, NY (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21040296
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM OXIDES; ANODES; ELECTRON DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; ION SOURCES; LITHIUM IONS; PARTICLE BEAM FUSION ACCELERAT; PHYSICS; PLASMA PRODUCTION; STARK EFFECT
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC IONS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHARGED PARTICLES; DATA; ELECTRODES; INFORMATION; IONS; NUMERICAL DATA; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-8905184--.