Focusing of ultracold ion bunches with time-dependent fields

N. Debernardi, M.P. Reijnders, T.T.J. Clevis, S.B. Geer, van der, P.H.A. Mutsaers, E.J.D. Vredenbregt, O.J. Luiten

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Abstract

The ultra-cold ion (UCI) source is based on creating very cold ion beams by nearthreshold photo-ionization of a laser-cooled and trapped atomic gas. The UCI source has the potential of producing ion beams with a brightness and current comparable to the liquid-metal ion source (LMIS) [1], which is the current state-of-art for focused ion beam (FIB) technology. We have already shown [2] that the UCI source can provide much lower energy spread than LMIS, and may therefore offer a route toward 1-nm ion beam milling [3].
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication13th ICIS International Conference on Ion Sources, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA, 21-25 September 2009
PagesM7-145-
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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