Nissin High Voltage Co., Ltd.

Koji Matsuda

Toshinori Takagi

Junzo Ishikawa

A microwave ion source comprising a discharge chamber provided with an ion source seed material inlet and an ion outlet, a means for radiating microwaves in said discharge chamber, a means for applying a magnetic filed to the inside of said discharge chamber, a means for supplying ion source seed material to said discharge chamber through said ion source seed material inlet and an ion extraction electrode, said ion extraction electrode being made of magnetic material having a resistivity of less than 10.sup.6 .OMEGA.cm and a permeability of more than 5. The present microwave ion source has an improved ion current efficiency.

Microwave ion source

A negative-ion source comprising means for discharging alkaline metal for discharging neutral alkaline metal particles together with alkaline metal ion particles; an electrode for generating negative ions which can serve as an extraction electrode for extracting said alkaline metal ion particles and a target bombarded with said alkaline metal ion particles and which provides with a hold for holding negative-ion seed material in the portion bombarded with said alkaline metal ion particles and an aperture for letting out negative-ion particles; and a negative-ion extraction electrode for said negative-ion particles. The present negative-ion source has an improved ion current efficiency and is compact size.

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Shiga, Japan

Koji Matsuda