New Developments of a Laser Ion Source for Ion Synchrotrons (original) (raw)

Laser Ion Sources (LIS) are well suited to filling synchrotron rings with highly charged ions of almost any element in a single turn injection mode. We report the first measurements of the LIS output parameters for Pb 27+ ions generated by the new 100 J/1 Hz Master Oscillator – Power Amplifier CO 2 -laser system. A new LIS has been designed, built and tested at CERN, as an ion source for ITEP-TWAC accelerator/accumulator facility, and as a possible future source for an upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) injector chain. The use of the LIS based on 100 J/1 Hz CO 2 -laser together with the new ion LINAC, as injector for ITEP-TWAC project, is discussed.