  The TULIP project aims to produce radioactive ion beams of short-lived
neutron-deficient isotopes by using fusion-evaporation reactions in an
optimized Target Ion Source System (TISS). The first step consisted of the
design of a TISS to produce rubidium isotopes. It was tested with a primary
beam of<EMAIL_ADDRESS>MeV/A irradiating a natural Ni target at the
SPIRAL1/GANIL facility in March 2022. Rates of $^{76,78}$Rb were measured as
well as an exceptionally short atom-to-ion transformation time for an ISOL
system, of the order of 200 $\mathrm{\micro}$s. The second step of the project
aims at producing neutron-deficient short-lived metallic isotopes in the region
of $^{100}$Sn. A "cold" prototype has been realized to study the electron
impact ionization in the TISS cavity and a "hot" version is under construction
to prepare an on-line experiment expected in the near future.
