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Description
The Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source is a
versatile and reliable source to charge-breed rare
isotopes in TRIUMF's Isotopes Separation and
Acceleration (ISAC) facility. Significant research work
has been done by different groups worldwide to
improve the efficiency and performance of the ECRIS
as a charge state booster. The most recent of these
research works is the implementation of the twofrequency
heating on an ECRIS. At the ISAC facility
of TRIUMF, a 14.5 GHz PHOENIX booster which has
been in operation since 2010 was recently upgraded
to accommodate the two-frequency heating system
using a single waveguide. The efficiency for charge
breeding into a single charge state, which depends on
the rare isotope that is being charge-bred, has been
determined to be between 1 - 6 %. The CSB is being
upgraded to improve its charge breeding efficiency. A
detailed investigation of the effect of the twofrequency
heating technique on the intensity,
emittance and the efficiency of the extracted beam is
presently being conducted.