The production of radioactive ion beams in the SPIRAL project requires very efficient ion sources delivering beams with good optical properties. To improve these properties, the extraction conditions are under study. This paper will present the last results obtained with a new extraction system and will compare them to a numerical simulation. This comparison shows that the axial magnetic field influences the multicharged ion beam if the space charge during the acceleration is not compensated. In order to decrease the axial magnetic field effect on the extraction zone, a parallel beam can be formed with a multielectrode system. The first tests of this system will be presented. ©1996 American Institute of Physics.