On the abundance of molecular ions in secondary ion mass spectrometry

Changes in molecular secondary ion intensities brought about by working in an environment of oxygen can be rationalised in simple statistical terms.     

A cooler ion trap for the TITAN on-line trapping facility at TRIUMF

We present simulations of electron and proton cooling of highly charged ions in a Penning trap, including the potentially detrimental effects of radiative, dielectronic, and three-body recombination in electron cooling. We show a preliminary design for a cooler trap accommodating both electron and proton cooling, which will be a component of the TITAN ion-trap facility under construction at TRIUMF for precision mass measurements of short-lived radioactive nuclei.      

Recent developments in ion detection techniques for Penning trap mass spectrometry at TRIGA-TRAP

The highest precision in the determination of nuclear and atomic masses can be achieved by Penning trap mass spectrometry. The mass value is obtained through a measurement of the cyclotron frequency of the stored charged particle. Two different approaches are used at the Penning trap mass spectrometer TRIGA-TRAP for the mass determination: the destructive Time-Of-Flight Ion Cyclotron Resonance (TOF-ICR) technique and the non-destructive Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) method. New developments for both techniques are described, which will improve the detection efficiency and the suppression of contaminations in the case of TOF-ICR. The FT-ICR detection systems will allow for the investigation of an incoming ion bunch from a radioactive-beam facility on the one hand, and for the detection of a single singly charged ion in the Penning trap on the other hand.     

Effect of residual oxygen on the formation of molecular ions in secondary ion mass spectrometry

The intensity of molecular ions X_nO _m ^± in secondary ion mass spectra originating from surface oxidation by primary oxygen ions is reduced by a residual oxygen pressure. This fact can be used to increase sensibility.     

Determination of levamisole in feeds by liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray mass spectrometry on an ion trap

Test methods have to be developed by laboratories for official control to monitor possible misuse of veterinary drugs in animal productions, also through feeding stuff. A novel method for identification and quantification of levamisole in feeds by liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray mass spectrometry in an ion trap (LC/ESI-MS/MS) is herein described; after a single-step cleanup by liquid-liquid extraction from the feed and separation by reversed-phase liquid chromatography, levamisole was determined and unambiguously confirmed by tandem mass spectrometry, on the basis of two product ions. The method was in-house validated, according to the Regulation 882/2004/EC, evaluating trueness, repeatability, within-laboratory reproducibility, ruggedness, specificity, and the limit of quantification (LOQ). The method is reliable and specific for complete and complementary feeds for pigs, cattle, rabbits and poultry; very good mean recoveries (higher than 92 %) and precision (RSD values?相似文献   

Optimization of a quadrupole ion storage trap as a source for time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Designs of a quadrupole ion trap (QIT) as a source for time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry are evaluated for mass resolution, ion trapping, and laser activation of trapped ions. Comparisons are made with the standard hyperbolic electrode ion trap geometry for TOF mass analysis in both linear and reflectron modes. A parallel-plate design for the QIT is found to give significantly improved TOF mass spectrometer performance. Effects of ion temperature, trapped ion cloud size, mass, and extraction field on mass resolution are investigated in detail by simulation of the TOF peak profiles. Mass resolution (m/Δm) values of several thousand are predicted even at room temperature with moderate extraction fields for the optimized design. The optimized design also allows larger radial ion collection size compared with the hyperbolic ion trap, without compromising the mass resolution. The proposed design of the QIT also improves the ion-laser interaction volume and photon collection efficiency for fluorescence measurements on trapped ions.     

A simple method for counting the number of trapped ions in an ion trap

A technique is proposed for injection-seeding control of tunable lasers. It is based on a combination of successive external injection and intracavity self-injection of radiation when the active medium is pumped by dual-step pulses. The technique is tested both experimentally (in the case of Nd:YAG-laser-pumped pulsed dye lasers) and numerically, using a model developed by us. Full conversion of the broadband spectrum into the injected line is achieved for an output energy greater by a factor of about 50 than that managed by means of the traditional injection-seeding technique under identical conditions.     

Penning阱存储离子的高分辨分析

根据Penning阱中存储和探测离子的原理,研究改善离子谱分辨率的有效措施,发现离子谱的分辨率与LC振荡回路的Q值、阱中离子的密度及LC回路的谐振频率等因素有关.实验中,谐振频率为480千赫兹,Q在120左右,电子束流在40微安左右,真空度合适时,得到了较高分辨率的离子谱.最后对离子谱进行了辨认,离子分别是H+3,H+5,H+6,H+7.     

Sympathetic cooling rate of gas-phase ions in a radio-frequency-quadrupole ion trap

We theoretically investigated the mass dependence of the sympathetic cooling rate of gas-phase ions trapped in a linear radio-frequency-quadrupole ion trap. Using an a priori molecular dynamical calculation, tracing numerically with Newtonian equations of motion, we found that ions with a mass greater than 0.54±0.04 times that of the laser-cooled ions are sympathetically cooled; otherwise, they are heated. To understand the mass dependence obtained using the molecular-dynamical calculation, we made a heat-exchange model of sympathetic cooling, which shows that the factor of 0.54±0.04 is a consequence of absence of micro-motion along the axis of the linear ion trap. Received: 10 December 2001 / Revised version: 28 January 2002 / Published online: 14 March 2002     

射频离子源束流特性分析

介绍了为HL-2A 装置设计的引出束功率为1MW 的射频离子源研制情况。目前,在测试平台上,该离子源已经成功引出了束能量和束电流分别为35keV 和12.4A、束质子比为79%、脉宽为100ms 的氢离子束,达到了其设计束功率的44%。用红外热成像的方法测量了离子束能量密度分布。结果表明,在距离引出系统地电极 1.3m 处,束密度分布遵循高斯分布。引出束的最佳导流系数为1.689×10^–6A•V^-3/2 左右,随射频功率改变有较小的变化。根据这些实验结果,采取了相关改进措施来改善离子源的引出束性能。     

Effect of externally injected radiation on amplified spontaneous emission in CO

The effect of externally injected radiation on the two-photon laser-induced amplified spontaneous emission (TP-LIASE) is reported. The wave generated via the same LIASE process in a seeder cell acts as a seeder field for the inverted medium created in a main cell. A nearly tenfold gain is achieved in the B¹ Σ ⁺ ?A¹ Π (0, 3) transition of the CO molecule. We demonstrate that the single rotational transition in the B¹ Σ ⁺ ?A¹ Π (0, 4) band is selectively amplified by injection of laser radiation. This pump and seed arrangement facilitates detection of molecular spectra by simply tuning the seed-laser frequency. The polarization effect of the input laser radiation is briefly discussed. Received: 9 June 2000 / Revised version: 2 October 2000 / Published online: 21 February 2001     

The HITRAP project at GSI: trapping and cooling of highly-charged ions in a Penning trap

A decelerator will be installed at GSI in order to provide and study heavy nuclei without or with only few electrons at very low energies or even at rest. Highly-charged ions will be produced by stripping at relativistic energies. After electron cooling and deceleration in the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) the ions are ejected out of the storage ring at 4 MeV/u and further decelerated in a combination of linear accelerator structures operated in reverse. Finally, they are injected into a Penning trap where the ions are cooled to 4 K by electron cooling in combination with resistive cooling. From here, the ions can be transferred in a quasi DC or in a pulsed mode to different experimental setups. This article describes the technical concepts of this project focused on the Penning trap.      

电子束离子阱中高价态离子演化过程的数值模拟

讨论了电子束离子阱(EBIT)中决定高价态离子演化过程的主要物理机制.对EBIT中高价态离 子的演化过程进行了详细的数值计算并与实验进行了比较.讨论了EBIT各种不同的运行参数 对平衡时高价态离子相对丰度和温度的影响. 关键词： 电子束离子阱 高价态离子 数值模拟     

Calculating damping effects for the ion motion in a Penning trap

In this note a simple idea is suggested to calculate the effect of damping on the ion motion in a Penning trap. The analysis is restricted to the experimentally important special case that the axial motion (z-direction) is not coupled to that in the xy-plane, so that both motions can be treated separately. The method views the cyclotron frequency ω_c as a complex variable that can be continued analytically from real values (undamped case) into the complex plane. The power of the approach becomes obvious in connection with advanced problems such as the calculation of line profiles for quadrupole excitation.     

Influence of anharmonicities of a Paul trap potential on the motion of stored ions

Received: 29 November 1996     

On the bond breaking model of polyatomic ion emission in secondary ion mass spectrometry

The cluster size distribution (number of clusters versus number of atoms in the cluster) resulting from a simple nearest neighbor Bond Breaking Model (BBM) of Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS) is studied for one- and two-dimensional and Bethe lattices. In one dimension, the distribution is monotonic. In two dimensions, however, irregularities can occur as a function of the probability β of breaking any given bond. These irregularities differentiate between square, honeycomb, and triangular lattices and are most pronounced if the overall probability of breaking any bond in the lattice is small.