Design and manufacture of high temperature superconducting magnets for an electron cyclotron resonance ion source

• Published in: IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 608 - 611
• Main Authors: McMahon, R., Harrison, S., Milward, S., Ross, J., Stafford Allen, R., Bieth, C., Kantas, S., Rodrigues, G.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01-06-2004; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Cyclotrons; Design engineering; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electromagnets; Electron cyclotron resonance; Electrons; Exact sciences and technology; High temperature superconductors; Ion sources; Iron; Magnets; Manufacturing; Resonance; Simplification; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Superconductivity; Various equipment and components; Wire; Performance evaluation; Superconducting magnet; Ion source; Magnet; HTS; Electron cyclotron resonance; HTS coil; Superconducting coils; Comparative study; High temperature superconductor; Cryogen free; superconducting magnets
• ISSN: 1051-8223; 1558-2515
• DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2004.829986

The use of superconducting magnets in ECR ion sources has the potential for large power savings compared with resistive magnets. High temperature superconductors (HTS) offer further advantages including compactness, efficiency, and a simplification of the overall system. Space Cryomagnetics Ltd has designed and manufactured a pair of HTS magnets for an ion source for Pantechnik. In this paper we describe the design, manufacture, and test results of these magnets.