Abstract
Previous studies on liquid gallium ion sources used an electrochemically etched tungsten wire with a coil-type heater. Such a structure requires excessive power consumption in the course of heating the liquid metal. In this study, a new structure is proposed that replaces the coil-type heater. It uses a gallium reservoir made of six pre-etched 250 µm tungsten wires that surround the needle electrode. Gallium loading at the reservoir is observed to be much more stable, resulting in an improved beam stability.
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