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American Institute of Physics, Review of Scientific Instruments, 2(81), p. 02A702

DOI: 10.1063/1.3273059

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Enhanced surface production in H- ion sources by introducing a negatively biased secondary electrode

Journal article published in 2010 by YoungHwa An ORCID, BongKi Jung, Y. S. Hwang
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Abstract

A transformer coupled plasma negative hydrogen ion source with an external rf antenna has been developed at SNU, which is capable of continuous operation with long lifetime. A positively biased plasma electrode (PE) has been successfully used for the optimization of H(-) extraction. With molybdenum-coated stainless steel PE, the enhancement of H(-) production at the electrode surface was observed at the bias voltage lower than the plasma potential. However, the low bias voltage is unfavorable to H(-) beam extraction since the negative ions are repelled. A second electrode is inserted in front of the PE to enhance H(-) production at the electrode surface without impeding beam extraction. By biasing the secondary electrode (SE) more negatively, H(-) production is clearly enhanced although the SE itself reduces H(-) beam currents because of suppressed electron transport in front of the PE. In this configuration enhancement of surface productions is most pronounced in tantalum electrode among various electrode materials.