IONSID

Ion Source Innovation and Development

Mission Statement

IONSID

To develop a multicharged (Xe⁺¹⁰ to Xe⁺¹⁸) multifrequency ECR based ION THRUSTER for mini satellites in order to increase 10X lifetime of the satellite. We also make:

Smallest H^-/D^- Ion Source

Plasma volume of 125cc
Weighs less than 1.5
Screw-in type easily-replicable filament holder
6mm aperture 1mA 30 &pi.mm.mrad
14mm aperture 5mA at 60 &pi.mm.mrad

300cc H^-/D^- Ion Source

Plasma volume of 300cc
Weighs less than 5.6kg
Screw-in type - easily-replicable filament holder
6mm aperture: 1mA 30 &pi.mm.mrad
14mm aperture 8mA at 40 &pi.mm.mrad

TR800cc/TR1200cc H^-/D^- Ion Source

H^-/D^- High Brightness Ion Source

Emittance scanners
Single axis mini scanner
Single axis with Faraday cup
Dual axis scanner
Dual axis with Faraday cup
Triple axis scanner for beam thomography
Emittance mass scanners
Faraday cups
Langmuir probes
Plasma spectrum analyzers

Single or multicharged positive ion sources
Microwave driven ion source

Electro static steerers
Electro magnetic steerers
Permanent magnet lenses
Wire scanners

Beam simulation

Papers

Our works

High brightness H- ion source for accelerators developed at TRIUMF

K. Jayamanna, F. Ames, Y. Bylenskii, G. Cojocaru, B. Minato, M. Lovera; High brightness H- ion source for accelerators developed at TRIUMF. AIP Conf. Proc. 28 December 2018; 2052 (1): 050010. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5083764

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Microwave-driven multipurpose ion source

K. Jayamanna, D. Yuan, T. Kuo, M. McDonald, P. W. Schmor, G. Dutto; Microwave-driven multipurpose ion source. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 March 1996; 67 (3): 1061–1063. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1146758

A 60 mA DC H− multi cusp ion source developed at TRIUMF

K. Jayamanna, F. Ames, I. Bylinskii, M. Lovera, B. Minato; A 60 mA DC H− multi cusp ion source developed at TRIUMF. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2018; Volume 895: 150-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.03.073

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20 mA ion source with accel-accel-decel extraction system at TRIUMF

K. Jayamanna, I. Aguilar, I. Bylinskii, G. Cojocaru, R. Dube, R. LaPlante, D. Runell, D. Louie, M. Lovera, B. Minato, M. Mouat, S. Saminathan, T. Tateyama, E. Tikhomolov; 20 mA ion source with accel-accel-decel extraction system at TRIUMF. 2014. https://accelconf.web.cern.ch/cyclotrons2013/papers/tuppt022.pdf

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A multicharge ion source (Supernanogan) for the OLIS facility at ISAC/TRIUMF

K. Jayamanna, G. Wight, D. Gallop, R. Dube, V. Jovicic, C. Laforge, M. Marchetto, M. Leross, D. Louie, R. Laplante, R. Laxdal, M. McDonald, G. J. Wiebe, V. Wang, F. Yan; A multicharge ion source (Supernanogan) for the OLIS facility at ISAC/TRIUMF. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 February 2010; 81 (2): 02A331. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3303819

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Off-line ion source terminal for ISAC at TRIUMF

K. Jayamanna, F. Ames, G. Cojocaru, R. Baartman, P. Bricault, R. Dube, R. Laxdal, M. Marchetto, M. MacDonald, P. Schmor, G. Wight, D. Yuan; Off-line ion source terminal for ISAC at TRIUMF. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 February 2008; 79 (2): 02C711. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2816928

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Dual Frequency Enhancement of the SuperNanogan Multi-Charged Ion Source at TRIUMF ISAC Facility

K. Jayamanna, J. Adegun, F. Ames, T. Angus, C. Charles, R.S. Kiy, M. Lovera, D. Louie, B. Minato, S. Saminathan, B. Schultz; Dual Frequency Enhancement of the SuperNanogan Multi-Charged Ion Source at TRIUMF ISAC Facility. http://ionsid.com/Supernanogan-2023-Oct%2022.pdf

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TRIUMF H-/D- Ion Source Development to Date

K. Jayamanna, F. Ames, Y. Bylinskii, M. Lovera, D. Louie, B. Minato, D. Portilla, S. Saminathan; TRIUMF H-/D- Ion Source Development to Datehttp://ionsid.com/TRIUMF%20H-%20ion%20sources%20to%20date.pdf

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Papers

Background / Literature

An emittance–mass scanner for small-mass, low-energy beams

D. Yuan, K. Jayamanna, T. Kuo, M. McDonald, P. Schmor; An emittance–mass scanner for small-mass, low-energy beams. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 March 1996; 67 (3): 1275–1276. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1146696

An Emittance Scanner for Intense Low-Energy Ion Beams

P. W. Allison, J. D. Sherman and D. B. Holtkamp; An Emittance Scanner for Intense Low-Energy Ion Beams. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Aug 1983; 30 (4): 2204-2206. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4332762

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Projects

High current - high brightness H-/D- ion source

Emittance Scanner / Faraday cup

High brightness source

H- beam at 1mA

Emittance scanner

Identifies neutral components of beam

300cc H-/D- Ion Source

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5083764
K. Jayamanna, F. Ames, Y. Bylenskii, G. Cojocaru, B. Minato, M. Lovera; High brightness H- ion source for accelerators developed at TRIUMF. AIP Conf. Proc. 28 December 2018; 2052 (1): 050010.

A Microwave Driven Ion Source

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5083764
K. Jayamanna, F. Ames, Y. Bylenskii, G. Cojocaru, B. Minato, M. Lovera; High brightness H- ion source for accelerators developed at TRIUMF. AIP Conf. Proc. 28 December 2018; 2052 (1): 050010.

Misalignment contour plot

Contour plot shows misalignment of the extraction system

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