Higfh-Energy Ion Accelerators

The IBC operates three high-energy electrostatic accelerators with about 20 endstations for experiments dedicated to ion beam modification and analysis.

6 MV Tandetron

Der Beschleuniger im Ionenstrahlzentrum Manufacturer: High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. (HVEE)
Type: Tandem, high-voltage cascade (Dynamitron)
Terminal voltage: 0.3 - 6 MV
Ion sources:

Duoplasmatron Model 358 with Li charge exchange channel

TORVIS (NEC) He ion source with Rb charge exchange channel
Cs sputter source Model IONEX 860C
Duoplasmatron EKTON
Multicusp gas source with Rb charge exchange channel

Energy range: about 0.6 - 50 MeV
(depending on available ion charge states)
Ion currents: 0.001 - 100 µA
Endstations: 9
Applications:

High-energy ion implantation / irradiation
(for research and industry)

Ion beam analysis (IBA): RBS, ERDA, NRA

Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS)

Nuclear- and astrophysics

3 MV Tandetron 

3 MV Tandetron Manufacturer: High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. (HVEE)
Type: Tandem, High-voltage cascade (Dynamitron)
Terminal voltage: 0.15 - 3 MV
Ion sources:

Duoplasmatron Model 358
with Li charge exchange channel

Cs sputter source Model IONEX 860C

TORVIS (NEC) He ion source
with Rb charge exchange channel

Energy range: about 0.3 - 20 MeV
(depending on available ion charge states)
Ion currents: 0.001 - 100 µA
Endstations: 5
Applications:

High-energy ion implantation / irradiation

(for research and industry)

Imaging ion beam analysis (IBA) with µ-beam 

Nuclear- and Astrophysics

2 MV Van-de-Graaff

van-de-Graaf Manufacturer: Transformatoren- und Röntgenwerk Dresden
Type: Van-de-Graaff Bandgenerator
Terminal voltage: 0.4 - 1.8 MV
Ion sources: rf ion source for H, He
Energy range: 0.4 - 1.8 MeV 
Ion currents: 0.001 - 1 µA
Endstations: 2
Applications: Ion beam analysis (IBA)
of solids and in gases / liquids in a liquid cell