Nov 3 2008
Dr. SUN Liangting from the CAS Institute of Modern Physics has been awarded the Richard Geller Prize for his outstanding contributions to the development of Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion sources, especially an all-permanent magnetic one.
The 4,000 Euro award, which was set up by PANTECHNIK, a world leader in commercial ECR ion sources, was presented at 18th International Workshop on ECR Ion Sources held recently in Chicago. This was the first time to award the prize, which is named after Richard Geller, founder of ECR ion sources.
An ECR ion source, the most effective device so far to produce intense beams of highly charged ions, has wide-range applications in such fields as accelerators, nuclear physics, atomic physics, surface physics and the semi-conducting industry.
Thanks to their three-year efforts, Sun and his colleagues have up with Lanzhou all permanent magnetic ECR ion source No.2 (LAPECR2). It is an all-permanent magnetic high charge state ECR ion source with the strongest magnetic field, largest plasma chamber, and most intense beams of highly charged ions in the world.