A miniature EBIT with ion extraction for isolating highly charged ions

A room-temperature miniature electron beam ion trap (EBIT) is being developed for the production of charge states with a relatively low ionization threshold. A unitary Penning trap is modified slightly to provide the magnetic field and electric potential necessary for ion production via electron impact in this compact EBIT. This design allows radial access for in- EBIT spectroscopy as well as extraction of highly-charged ions for isolation at low energy to investigate proposed experiments. A fast micro-channel plate is used as a time-of-flight detector to study the initial production of helium and neon ions. Planned work would also involve the use of a Wien filter to select a single charge state to be isolated in a secondary ion trap for various studies. For instance, fully stripped ions can be captured for recombination experiments to form one-electron ions in high-angular momentum Rydberg states