
Chapter 1 Introducing the Voyager™ Biospectrometry™ Workstations
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• Vacuum system—A pumping system and a sealed
enclosure that creates and maintains a high-vacuum
environment for unobstructed ion drift. For more
information, see Section 1.6.3, Vacuum System.
• Flight tube and beam guide wire—A field-free region
(no additional accelerating forces are present) in which
ions drift at a velocity inversely proportional to the square
root of their masses. The voltage applied to the beam
guide wire overcomes the dispersion effect from the ion
source and refocuses ions on the detector.
• Linear detector—A device that detects ions that travel
down the flight tube. The linear detector measures ion
abundance over time and sends a signal to the digitizer
for conversion.
The linear detector is used in Linear mode only. It is not
used in Reflector or PSD mode.
Linear detectors are hybrid high-current detectors
consisting of a single microchannel plate, a fast
scintillator, and a photomultiplier. These detectors have
superior tolerance for high ion currents.
NOTE: High Current detectors are standard on
Voyager-DE STR systems with serial numbers 4112,
4113, and 4116 and later.
•Reflector—A single-stage, gridded mirror that focuses
energy. In reflector mode, a uniform electric field is
applied to the mirror to reflect ions. Ion reflection:
• Filters out neutral molecules
• Corrects time dispersion due to initial kinetic
energy distribution
• Provides greater mass accuracy and resolution
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