Particle Optics Links

A collection of links of general interest to the particle optics community.

System Comparisons

• Summary of the characteristics of different mass analyzers. JEOL. (overview of magentic sectors, quadrupoles, time-of-flight, ion cyclotron resonance, and quadrupole ion traps)
• Accelerators. From Nuclear Science - A Teachers Guide to the Nuclear Science Wall Chart. Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP) 2003. (overview of types of particle accelerators: Cockroft-Walton, Van de Graaff, linear, cyclotron, synchrotron, and continuous electron beam)
• Analytical Techniques, Evans Analytical Group (compare SIMS, TOF, SEM, FE-SEM, EDS, AES, XPS, FT-IR, GCMS, …)

System Overviews

• ‘’‘Ion Cylclotron Resonance (ICR) / Penning Trap:’‘’ FT-ICR theory: a brief review. Advanced Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group. 2000.; Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry I. J. Amster, JMS 31, 1996, 1325-1337.
• ‘’‘Quadrupole Ion Trap:’‘’ Quadrupole Ion Trap MS. Matrix Science Ltd. 2003. ; The Whys and Wherefores of Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry. Karen R. Jonscher and John R. Yates, III University of Washington at Seattle. 1996.
• ‘’‘Triple Quadrupole MS:’‘’ Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers. Michigan State University Chemistry Department.
• ‘’‘Time-of-Flight (TOF)’‘’: Time of Flight (TOF). Mass Spectrometry Facility. Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
• ‘’‘Guns’‘’: An Introduction to Electron and ion guns. Kimball Physics Inc.

Theory

• John Moore, Michael A. Coplan, Christopher Davis, Sandra Greer. Building Scientific Apparatus. Published 2002 Westview Press. ISBN 0813340063 – Online book has a chapter 5 on charged particle optics on basic lens theory google
• ‘’‘Space Charge:’‘’ Space Charge in Mass Spectrometry. Ken Busch, Spectroscopy Solutions for Material Analysis, 19, 6, 2004. (high-level introduction)
• ‘’‘Refraction:’‘’ Surface and Contact Mechanics: Electron Optics (broken link), David T. Marx, Associate Scientist, Center for Advanced Friction Studies.
• ‘’‘Electron Optics Calculation:’‘’ Electric Fields, Bettina Sinzig and Simon Kunzli, Jan 2002.
• ‘’‘Magnetism Concepts:’‘’ Fundamental Relationships, School of Geology & Geophysics University of Oklahoma
• ‘’‘Ion Mobility:’‘’ Ion Mobility - The Bowers Group.

Components

• Surface Science Techniques - surface science techniques and commonly used abbreviations
  • CHA - Concentric Hemispherical Analyser, HDA - Hemispherical Deflection Analyser
  • CMA - Cylindrical Mirror Analyser
  • RFA - Retarding Field Analyser

General

• A History of Mass Spectrometry. Scripps Center for Mass Spectrometry.

For links specific to the SIMION ion optics simulation software, see the [index].

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