Ion Beam Preparation and Soft Deposition
Hardware for Ion Beam Experiments with a Wide Mass Range
#Beam Generation
- Electrospray ionization (ESI) source for creating gas phase ions
- Ion funnel for focusing the ions into a beam
- RF supply for the ion funnel: Power Switches 19AMX or RF Generators RFG50
- Power supply for 19AMX: Power Supply Units 19PSU
- Picoammeters DMMR for monitoring the operation of the ion source
#Mass Selection
- Differentially pumped vacuum chambers separated by apertures for progressively reducing the pressure
- Quadrupoles as ion guides and mass filters
- RF supply for the quadrupoles: Power Switches 19AMX or RF Generators RFG50
- Power supply for 19AMX: Power Supply Units 19PSU
- Pulsed voltages for apertures: Modular Switch System AMXR in combination with Modular Bipolar Power Supplies AMPR
#Ion Optics
- Ion optics system in UHV chambers
- Control of the ion optics system: Modular Switch System AMXR
- Voltage source: Modular Bipolar Power Supplies AMPR
- Current measurement: Modular Digital Multimeters DMMR — pA Meters
#Soft Sample Deposition
- Ion detection: Modular Digital Multimeters DMMR — pA Meters