Manipulating Short-Lived Isotopes with Inhomogeneous RF-Fields

摘要

Online isotopes separators (ISOL-systems) and projectile fragment separators provide a wide variety of radioactive ions with energies in the keV to the several MeV ranges. For high resolution radio frequency and optical spectroscopy the ions must be decelerated to low energies and possibly injected into an ion trap. With this goal in mind we have made simulations of ion orbits under the influence of strong focusing by inhomogeneous RF fields and decelerating DC fields. The operation of the segmented linear ion guide, the ion carpet, and the ion funnel are discussed. The optimum operating parameters of these devices are obtained using computer simulations with SIMION software.