Abstract
The paper reports on some theoretical studies concerning the impulsional mode of a quadrupole mass filter (QMF) supplied with a new periodic impulsional radio frequency voltage of the form Vaccos(ωt)⌊1 + kcos(⅓ωt)⌋/1 – √kcos(2ωt) with 0 ≤ k < 1 (⌊.⌋ means floor function) and eventually compares it to the classical sinusoidal case, k = 0. The physical properties of the confined ions in the r and z directions are illustrated and the fractional mass resolutions m/Δm of the confined ions in the first stability regions of both potential were analyzed for hydrogen isotopes and presented.
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