NDCX-II

NDCX-II (Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment) is an ion induction accelerator enabling the study of rapid heating of, and radiation effects in materials using high-brightness ion beams. Starting with ~1 μs duration injected pulse, it simultaneously accelerates and compresses the beam to a few ns duration and mm-radius at the target, including neutralized drift compression and focusing.

Specifications:

• Maximum ion kinetic energy: 1.1 MeV

• Minimum bunch length at target: 2 ns

• Ion source: filament driven plasma, multi-aperture extraction.

• Ions Species: p, He+; singly ionized. Heavier species atomic masses are available.

• Number of ions/ bunch: 10^11