Tandem Energy-Analyzer/Mass-Spectrometer Measurements of an Ionic Liquid Ion Source
Christopher T. Lyne,
Miron F. Liu,
Joshua L. Rovey
Abstract:Ionic liquid ion sources (ILISs) produce charged particle beams by using a strong electric field to extract and accelerate molecular ions and ion clusters from liquid propellant. The wide variety of emitted species and the fragmentation of metastable ion clusters lead to broad distributions of energy and mass among plume species. Quantifying those distributions is critical to understanding ILIS physics and ILIS performance in a particular application. Here, we use an electrostatic energy analyzer in tandem wit… Show more
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