A compact electron beam ion trap in support of high-temperature plasma diagnostics based on conduction-cooled superconducting coils

These materials will be widely used as plasma facing components for their high heat tolerance and low sputtering yield. Based on an electron beam ion trap, a compact impurity spectra platform is developed to mimic the high temperature environment of a fusion reactor.

The proposed platform can deliver a focused e-beam at energies over 30 keV using a confining magnetic field of 1.0 T generated by two superconducting coils (NbTi). Cooled by a closed-loop cryocooler, the coils can avoid the usage of a complicated cryogenic system involving the handling of liquid helium. For spectroscopic studies of highly charged ions, a spherically curved crystal spectrometer is proposed to measure a wavelength range around 2–4 Å covering the typical wavelength range expected to be emitted by metal ions in a fusion plasma.