Anharmonic contributions in real RF linear quadrupole traps

J. Pedregosa-Gutierrez (1) , C. Champenois (1) , Marie Houssin (1) , Martina Knoop (1)

1 PIIM - Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires

The radiofrequency quadrupole linear ion trap is a widely used device in physics and chemistry. When used for trapping of large ion clouds, the presence of anharmonic terms in the radiofrequency potential limits the total number of stored ions. In this paper, we have studied the anharmonic content of the trapping potential for different implementations of a quadrupole trap, searching for the geometry best suited for the trapping of large ion clouds. This is done by calculating the potential of a real trap using SIMION8.0, followed by a fit, which allows us to obtain the evolution of anharmonic terms for a large part of the inner volume of the trap.

Mots clés: Ion trap mass spectrometer; Non-linear resonance; Harmonic fields; Quadrupole Linear Trap; Anharmonic terms

Domaines: Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]; Physique Atomique [physics.atom-ph]; Chimie analytique

J. Pedregosa-Gutierrez, C. Champenois, Marie Houssin, Martina Knoop. Anharmonic contributions in real RF linear quadrupole traps. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2010, 293, pp.57. ⟨10.1016/j.ijms.2009.12.009⟩. ⟨hal-00444728⟩