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You, H.J.

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TPPE028 In-Situ Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) Plasma Potential Determination Using an Emissive Probe 2035
 
  • F.W. Meyer, Y. Liu
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  • H.J. You
    Hanyang University, Seoul
 
  Funding: This research was sponsored by the U.S. DOE under contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC. HJY acknowledges support from the Korean Science Education Foundation (KOSEF).

In this paper, real-time, in-situ, plasma potential measurements are reported for an ECR ion source and correlated with extracted beam characteristics. The local real-time plasma potential of the ORNL CAPRICE ECR ion source was measured using an emissive probe, which was inserted perpendicularly from the plasma chamber wall at the mid-plane of the ECR zone between one of the six radial loss cones of the magnetic field structure, where perturbation of the main ECR plasma is expected to be small. Slots machined through the plasma- and puller-electrodes at the plasma chamber wall radius permitted insertion of the probe from the extraction side of the ECR source without perturbation of the coaxial microwave injection. The emissive probe technique permits plasma potential determination independent of plasma conditions and avoids problems related to probe geometry. The probe loop tip was pointed toward the chamber center in a radial plane and was located about 5 mm outside of the ECR zone. Details of the measurements, and a comparison with an external-beam-deceleration-based plasma potential determination will be presented.