Investigation of a radio frequency-driven multicusp ion source of the diagnostic neutral beam for the Hanbit device at Korea Basic Science Institute

A radio frequency-driven multicusp ion source has been fabricated and tested as a part of the development of a diagnostic neutral beam for the Hanbit magnetic mirror device [S. M. Hwang et al., Trans. Fusion Technol. 35, 99 (1999)]. Hydrogen plasma produced by a three-and-one-half turn antenna and rf power system with 2.5 kW, continuous wave (cw) 1.874 MHz was extracted through a single-aperture accel-decel system. The first results of the ion beam extraction experiments are described in this article.