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Performance of a high repetition pulse rate laser system for in-gas-jet laser ionization studies with the Leuven laser ion source @ LISOL

R. Ferrer V.T. Sonnenschein B. Bastin 1 S. Franchoo 2 M. Huyse Yu. Kudryavtsev T. Kron N. Lecesne 1 I.D. Moore B. Osmond 1 D. Pauwels D. Radulov S. Raeder L. Rens M. Reponen J. Roßnagel H. Savajols 1 T. Sonoda J.C. Thomas 1 P. van den Bergh P. van Duppen K. Wendt S. Zemlyanoy
1 GANIL - Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds
2 IPNO - Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay
Abstract : The laser ionization efficiency of the Leuven gas cell-based laser ion source was investigated under on- and off-line conditions using two distinctly different laser setups: a low-repetition rate dye laser system and a high-repetition rate Ti:sapphire laser system. A systematic study of the ion signal dependence on repetition rate and laser pulse energy was performed in off-line tests using stable cobalt and copper isotopes. These studies also included in-gas-jet laser spectroscopy measurements on the hyperfine structure of 63Cu. A final run under on-line conditions in which the radioactive isotope 59Cu (T1/2 =81.5 s) was produced, showed a comparable yield of the two laser systems for in-gas-cell ionization. However, a significantly improved time overlap by using the high-repetition rate laser system for in-gas-jet ionization was demonstrated by an increase of the overall duty cycle, and at the same time, pointed to the need for a better shaped atomic jet to reach higher ionization efficiencies.
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R. Ferrer, V.T. Sonnenschein, B. Bastin, S. Franchoo, M. Huyse, et al.. Performance of a high repetition pulse rate laser system for in-gas-jet laser ionization studies with the Leuven laser ion source @ LISOL. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Elsevier, 2012, 291, pp.29-37. ⟨10.1016/j.nimb.2012.08.023⟩. ⟨in2p3-00733796⟩

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