Quadrupole Mass Filter¶
A quadrupole mass filter uses an RF quadrupole electric field to filter particles by m/z.
See SIMION Example: quad.
See Also¶
- SIMION Example: quad - RF quadrupole mass filter, 3D
- SIMION Example: trap - RF quadrupole ion trap
- SIMION Example: octupole - RF octupole guide, 2D
- Quadrupole Deflector - DC quadrupole
- Mathieu Equation and Stability Diagram
- Electrode Surface Enhancement / Fractional Grid Units - recommended for improving field accuracy of quadrupoles
- Wikipedia:Quadrupole_mass_analyzer
- Articles - too numerous to list, but here’s a more recent paper:
- ElgerSchmidt2017. Elger, B. Schmidt, T. Krähling, S. Neuberger, F. Schäfer, R. Electrostatic simulation of a complete cluster deposition apparatus. Review of Scientific Instruments. volume 88, issue 6, year 2017, pages 063303 – SIMION simulator with quad deflector and quad mass filter, lenses, MPI, Poisson. doi:10.1063/1.4984968 link