Heavy Ion Facility (HIF)

The Cyclotron Resources Centre offers a cocktail of 9 ions with an
energy of 9.3
MeV per nucleon which covers a large domain of LET
and ranges.

On special request, a lithium beam with LET 0.35MeV/(mg/cm²) is
also available.

The irradiations are made under vacuum.

The frame support is motorized in X, Y, Z direction in order to place
the device under test (DUT) in front of the beam. The frame can also
be tilted. Interchangeable flanges with different kind of electrical feedthroughs are available.
The CRC can also develop flange with new connectors on request.


Available particles inside the cocktail

M/Q Ion Energy
[MeV]
Range
[µm]
LET
[MeV/(mg/cm²)]
3,25 13C4+ 131 269.3 1,3
3,14 22Ne7+ 238 202,0 3,3
3,37 27Al8+ 250 131,2 5,7
3,27 36Ar11+ 353 114,0 9,9
3,31 53Cr16+ 505 105,5 16,1
3,22 58Ni18+ 582 100,5 20,4
3,35 84Kr25+ 769 94,2 32,4
3,32 103Rh31+ 957 87,3 46,1
3,54 124Xe35+ 995 73,1 62,5

Beam parameters

The  irradiation area has a diameter of 25 mm and a homogeneity of ± 10% is provided by a scanning magnet.

The flux of particles can be set from few ions/(s.cm²) up to 1.5E4 ions/(s.cm²).

The time to change from one ion to another is 15 min.


HIF flanges

See the list here


HIF User Guide

If you are a new user, please read this guide and its annexes.

HIF User guide