Preliminary result of rapid solenoid for controlling heavy-ion beam parameters of laser ion source

Abstract

To realize a heavy-ion inertial fusion (HIF) driver, we have studied a possibility of laser ion source (LIS). A LIS can provide high-current high-brightness heavy-ion beams; however, it was difficult to manipulate the beam parameters. To overcome the issue, we employed a pulsed solenoid in the plasma drift section and investigated the effect of the solenoid field on singly charged iron beams. The rapid ramping magnetic field could enhance limited time slice of the current and simultaneously the beam emittance changed accordingly. This approach may also be useful to realize an ion source for HIF power plant.

The effects of using axial magnetic field in extreme ultraviolet photon sources for nanolithography – recent integrated simulation

“…Interest in the generation and dynamics of laser-produced plasma (LPP) has grown significantly in recent decades due to expanding areas of applications and development of new plasma-control methods based on magnetic field confinement. Recently, significant progress has been made in the development of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) sources for lithography (Fazeli et al, 2011;Kumar et al, 2014), inertial and magnetic fusion applications (Sizyuk & Hassanein et al, 2014a;Okamura et al, 2015), and ultrahigh-precision micro-and nanostructures fabrication for photonic devices (Batani et al, 2014;Rouleau et al, 2014;Kim et al, 2015). Target ablation by nanosecond lasers during the laser pulse duration will lead to the interaction of laser photons with the expanding vaporized material.…”