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Installation and operation of the ion optical program SIMION

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6348988· OSTI ID:6348988
SIMION is a Fortran program that helps design electrostatic lenses. Both equipotential and ion path plots can be obtained. The program has proven extremely useful in numerous applications, ranging from mass spectrometer ion sources to setting up primary beam optics for organic SIMS. This report is a tutorial on its use, leading the user step-by-step through the various options. Examples are given, and a sample lens is analyzed and refined. Anyone with an interest in design of ion optics will benefit from acquiring and applying SIMION, either in its Fortran or its IBM-PC form. It is the former that is described here.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6348988
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-10409; ON: DE87011947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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