CHARACTERISTICS OF A GRIDLESS TWO-DIAPHRAGM ION GATE AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

摘要

As an ion gate for the formation of a short ion pulse in an ion mobility spectrometer, a gridless design with two coaxial diaphragms is proposed. It has been experimentally shown that, depending on the geometric and electrical parameters of this shutter, there is an optimal duration of the electric pulse opening the gate, which provide the maximum amplitude of the ion pulse.