A High Dynamic Range Ion Detector for Multireflection Time-of-Flight Analyzers
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Reflectron-based time-of-flight analyzers rely on subnanosecond detector time response to achieve acceptable resolving power for low–mid-mass, multiple-ion peaks. With the adoption of multireflection analyzers, order of magnitude longer folded ion paths relax restrictions on detector response time, allowing implementation of new technologies that greatly improve dynamic range, detector lifetime, and ion detection efficiency. A detection system is presented, integrated into a multireflection analyzer, that combines 10 keV postacceleration and focal plane correction with a unique BxE focusing, optically coupled detector, preamplification, and dual-channel digitization. Calibration and peak-handling methods are also described. The instrument demonstrated >1 × 10 4 dynamic range in a single shot, > 100k resolving power, and a relative immunity to detector aging.
Authors: Hamish Stewart, Johannes Petzoldt, Toby Shanley, Dmitry Grinfeld, Eduard Denisov, Bernd Hagedorn, Ankit Dwivedi, Daniel Mourad, Robert Ostermann, Maximilian Ochmann, Philipp Cochems, Alexander Wagner, Wilko Balschun, Alexander Makarov, Semyon Shofman, Ben-David Moti, Amit Weingarten, Sasha Kadyshevitch, Christian Hock
Institution: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Germany)
Language: English
Subfield: Spectroscopy
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4401285705