Modeling of Ionization in a Spherical Surface Ionizer |
| M. Turek
Institute of Physics, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, pl. M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 1, 20-031 Lublin, Poland |
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| A Monte Carlo method-based model of a hot cavity surface ion source with a spherically shaped ionizer is presented. A numerical code enables studies of ion source efficiency as a function of an extraction voltage, geometry of the ionizer and its temperature, the size of extraction aperture and many other factors. The calculation results for a variety of mentioned parameters are presented. A novel configuration of surface ion source is proposed and discussed - the efficiency of the source with an almost spherically shaped ionizer could be much higher than that of currently used constructions of ion sources. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.120.188 PACS numbers: 07.77.Ka, 07.05.Tp, 34.35.+a |