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Loading of mass spectrometry ion trap with Th ions by laser ablation for nuclear frequency standard application. / Borisyuk, Petr V.; Derevyashkin, Sergey P.; Khabarova, Ksenia Y. et al.
In: European Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 23, No. 4, 01.08.2017, p. 146-151.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Loading of mass spectrometry ion trap with Th ions by laser ablation for nuclear frequency standard application
AU - Borisyuk, Petr V.
AU - Derevyashkin, Sergey P.
AU - Khabarova, Ksenia Y.
AU - Kolachevsky, Nikolay N.
AU - Lebedinsky, Yury Y.
AU - Poteshin, Sergey S.
AU - Sysoev, Alexey A.
AU - Tkalya, Evgeny V.
AU - Tregubov, Dmitry O.
AU - Troyan, Viktor I.
AU - Vasiliev, Oleg S.
AU - Yakovlev, Valery P.
AU - Yudin, Valery I.
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - We describe an original multisectional quadrupole ion trap aimed to realize nuclear frequency standard based on the unique isomer transition in thorium nucleus. It is shown that the system effectively operates on Th+, Th2+ and Th3+ ions produced by laser ablation of metallic thorium-232 target. Laser intensity used for ablation is about 6 GW/cm2. Via applying a bias potential to every control voltage including the RF one, we are able not only to manipulate ions within the energy range as wide as 1–500 eV but to specially adjust trap potentials in order to work mainly with ions that belong to energy distribution maximum and therefore to effectively enhance the number of trapped ions. Measurement of energy distributions of 232Th+, 232Th2+, 232Th3+ ions obtained by laser ablation allows us to define optimal potential values for trapping process. Observed number of ions inside trap in dependence on trapping time is found to obey an unusually slow – logarithmic decay law that needs more careful study.
AB - We describe an original multisectional quadrupole ion trap aimed to realize nuclear frequency standard based on the unique isomer transition in thorium nucleus. It is shown that the system effectively operates on Th+, Th2+ and Th3+ ions produced by laser ablation of metallic thorium-232 target. Laser intensity used for ablation is about 6 GW/cm2. Via applying a bias potential to every control voltage including the RF one, we are able not only to manipulate ions within the energy range as wide as 1–500 eV but to specially adjust trap potentials in order to work mainly with ions that belong to energy distribution maximum and therefore to effectively enhance the number of trapped ions. Measurement of energy distributions of 232Th+, 232Th2+, 232Th3+ ions obtained by laser ablation allows us to define optimal potential values for trapping process. Observed number of ions inside trap in dependence on trapping time is found to obey an unusually slow – logarithmic decay law that needs more careful study.
KW - Frequency standards
KW - ion trap
KW - mass spectrometry
KW - nuclear spectroscopy
KW - nuclear transition
KW - optical clocks
KW - optical spectroscopy
KW - thorium
KW - TH-229
KW - CLOCKS
KW - KINETIC-ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS
KW - OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY
KW - TRANSITIONS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040948155&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1469066717720906
DO - 10.1177/1469066717720906
M3 - Article
C2 - 29028406
AN - SCOPUS:85040948155
VL - 23
SP - 146
EP - 151
JO - European Journal of Mass Spectrometry
JF - European Journal of Mass Spectrometry
SN - 1751-6838
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 9179062