High-Energy Ion Accelerators
The IBC operates three high-energy electrostatic accelerators with about 15 endstations for experiments dedicated to ion beam modification and analysis as well as for any experiments with ion beams.
6 MV Tandetron
Manufacturer: | High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. (HVEE) | |
Type: | Tandem, high-voltage cascade (Dynamitron) | |
Terminal voltage: | 0.3 - 6 MV | |
Ion sources: |
Duoplasmatron Model 358 with Li charge exchange channel Cs sputter source Model 860C 2 AMS Cs sputter sources SO-110 TORVIS (NEC) He ion source with Rb charge exchange channel |
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Energy range: | about 0.6 - 50 MeV (depending on available ion charge states and mass) |
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Ion currents: | 0.001 - 100 µA (depending on chem. element) | |
Endstations: | 9 | |
Applications: |
High-energy ion implantation / irradiation Ion beam analysis (IBA): RBS, ERDA, NRA, PIXE/PIGE External light element beams Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) Experiments for nuclear physics and astrophysics |
3 MV Tandetron
Manufacturer: | High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. (HVEE) | |
Type: | Tandem, High-voltage cascade (Dynamitron) | |
Terminal voltage: | 0.15 - 3 MV | |
Ion sources: |
Duoplasmatron Model 358 Cs sputter source Model 860C TORVIS (NEC) He ion source |
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Energy range: | about 0.3 - 20 MeV (depending on available ion charge states) |
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Ion currents: | 0.001 - 100 µA (depending on chem. element) | |
Endstations: | 5 | |
Applications: |
High-energy ion implantation / irradiation (for research and industry) Imaging ion beam analysis (IBA) with µ-beam Experiments for nuclear physics and astrophysics |
2 MV Van-de-Graaff
Manufacturer: | Transformatoren- und Röntgenwerk Dresden | |
Type: | Van-de-Graaff type generator with a belt | |
Terminal voltage: | 0.4 - 1.8 MV | |
Ion sources: | RF ion source for H, He | |
Energy range: | 0.4 - 1.8 MeV | |
Ion currents: | 1 - 20 nA | |
Endstations: | 2 | |
Applications: | Ion beam analysis (IBA) of solids and in gases / liquids in a liquid cell |