Magnetic Control of a Charge-neutralized Ion Beam

Charge-neutralized ion beam control is more complex than control of charged beams. While focusing techniques for charged beams have been widely studied, many of the tools available for controlling charged beams are not suitable for charge-neutralized beams. Presented here is a scheme for controlling charge-neutralized beams using a distortion of a magnetic guide field via the presence of two current carrying wires. The extent to which the beam can be controlled is evaluated using a classical trajectory Monte Carlo simulation.