Recent developments in ECRIS technology at Argonne National Laboratory and the New ATLAS 14 GHz ECRIS Project

A summary of recent developments in ECRIS technology taking place at Argonne National Laboratory is presented in this paper. A pulsed laser for ablation of solid material into the source plasma has been used online with the ATLAS PII-ECRIS and has allowed direct time measurements to be made which verify and quantify sequential, step-by-step ionization taking place in an ECRIS. In addition, during the course of these laser studies a method was discovered which, from an operational viewpoint, represents an important new method for incorporating solid materials into an ECRIS. We also report on a new 14 GHz ECRIS currently under construction at Argonne. This new ECRIS, along with a new 300 kV high voltage platform and building addition, will further the capabilities of the ATLAS facility by providing the accelerator with a second, independent ECRIS.