Effect of Rod Asymmetry on Field Distortions and Transmission Characteristics in Linear Quadrupole Mass Filters
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| author | Jana, Sukanya Nath, Santu Mandal, Pintu Deb, Nabanita |
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| contents | This article reports the appearance of the octupole and hexadecapole components in the radial potential, which are otherwise absent in a linear quadrupole mass filter of symmetric round-rod configuration, if a small structural asymmetry is introduced in one electrode. Using the commercial ion simulation package SIMION, it is shown that the weightage of the octupole and hexadecapole potential increases with an increase in the asymmetry factor. A consistent correlation is observed between the octupole and dodecapole components, and between the hexadecapole and icosapole components with asymmetry added to different rod-to-field radius ratios. The transmission characteristics of the mass filter are studied for different asymmetry factors and rod-to-field radius ratios. The variation in the resolution parameter, as derived from the transmission contour, exhibits a strong correlation with the combined weightage of the multipole fields. |
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| spellingShingle | Effect of Rod Asymmetry on Field Distortions and Transmission Characteristics in Linear Quadrupole Mass Filters Jana, Sukanya Nath, Santu Mandal, Pintu Deb, Nabanita Chemical Physics This article reports the appearance of the octupole and hexadecapole components in the radial potential, which are otherwise absent in a linear quadrupole mass filter of symmetric round-rod configuration, if a small structural asymmetry is introduced in one electrode. Using the commercial ion simulation package SIMION, it is shown that the weightage of the octupole and hexadecapole potential increases with an increase in the asymmetry factor. A consistent correlation is observed between the octupole and dodecapole components, and between the hexadecapole and icosapole components with asymmetry added to different rod-to-field radius ratios. The transmission characteristics of the mass filter are studied for different asymmetry factors and rod-to-field radius ratios. The variation in the resolution parameter, as derived from the transmission contour, exhibits a strong correlation with the combined weightage of the multipole fields. |
| title | Effect of Rod Asymmetry on Field Distortions and Transmission Characteristics in Linear Quadrupole Mass Filters |
| topic | Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.04217 |