UK National Ion Beam Centre Core Equipment 20/21

英国国家离子束中心以一系列不同的方式使用离子束，为一系列外部用户提供离子束时间。其用途从植入掺杂半导体材料以改变其电学和光学性质，到对从空间回收的物件进行流星撞击的离子束分析，以确定空间碎片的来源。这项提议的目的是升级其中一个加速器的控制系统，将其工作寿命再延长20年。同时，此次升级将有助于提高该系统可能的自动化水平，并增强远程操作的健壮性。建议中的第二个设备将增加离子注入能力的操作参数，以便可以在更高的温度(1000℃)下完成注入和辐照，这对注入碳化硅器件有一些有利的影响，并可用于探索在辐照过程中在这些高温下核反应堆材料发生了什么。

The UK National Ion Beam Centre provides ion beam time for a range of external users, using ion beams in a range of different ways. Uses range from implantation for doping semiconductor materials to change their electrical and optical properties to ion beam analysis of meteor impact on items recovered from space to determine the origin of space debris. The aim of this proposal is to upgrade the control system of one of the accelerators to increase its working life by another 20 years. At the same time this upgrade will help increase the level of automation possible on this system and increase the robustness of remote operation. A second piece of equipment in this proposal will increase the operational parameters of the ion implantation capability so that implantation and irradiation can be accomplished at even higher temperatures (1000C) which have some beneficial affects for implantation of SiC devices and can be used to explore what happens in nuclear reactor materials at these elevated temperatures during irradiation.