Thomson parabola time-of-flight ion spectrometer

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1138637· OSTI ID:5793129

Weber, R; Balmer, J E; Laedrach, P

A novel type of ion spectrometer for laser-produced plasma diagnostics is described. The Thomson parabola configuration is used to separate the expanding plasma ions according to their different charge-to-mass ratios. One particular ion species is subsequently collected by a parabola-shaped charge collector. In this way ion velocity distributions of a single charge-to-mass ratio are obtained through simple time-of-flight analysis. Measured ion energies can be as low as 1 keV per nucleon.

• Research Organization: Institute of Applied Physics, University of Berne, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland
• OSTI ID: 5793129
• Journal Information: Rev. Sci. Instrum.; (United States), Vol. 57:7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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