To optimize the performance of the Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (CRIS) experiment at CERN-ISOLDE, technical upgrades are continuously introduced, aiming to enhance its sensitivity, precision, stability, and efficiency. Recently, a voltage-scanning setup was developed and commissioned at CRIS, which improved the scanning speed by a factor of three as compared to the current laser-frequency scanning approach. This leads to faster measurements of the hyperfine structure for systems with high yields (more than a few thousand ions per second). Additionally, several beamline sections have been redesigned and manufactured, including a new field-ionization unit, an electrostatic bend with a larger deflection angle, and improved ion optics. The beamline upgrades are expected to yield an improvement of at least a factor of 5 in the signal-to-noise ratio by avoiding the use of high-power lasers (which yield non-resonantly produced ions) and providing time-of-flight separation between the resonant ions and the collisional background.
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Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, M., Reilly, J. R., Koszorús, Á., Wilkins, S. G., Lalanne, L., Geldhof, S., … Yang, X. F. (2023). Voltage scanning and technical upgrades at the Collinear Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 541, 86–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.04.054
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