Yu. I. Khasin, A. N. Verentchikov, M. A. Gavrik, M. I. Yavor
Institute for Analytical Instrumentation
RAS, Saint-Petersburg
A time-of-flight analyzer with a jig-saw trajectory formed
by planar mirrors and a periodic lens system has been recently proposed by
the authors to increase the resolving power while retaining the accepted
mass range. The limit of the analyzer resolving power was experimentally
studied in the mode of locking ion trajectories into cycles, and at the 100
eV energy it reached 200 000. In the present work similar studies are performed
at a higher energy of 2 keV. The flight path over 10 km is achieved and the
resolving power of the order of 1000 000 is demonstrated. It is shown that
the short-term instability of the power supplies is the most limiting factor
for achieving longer flight times and a high resolving power.