Study of quadrupole mass filter supplied with a new impulsional potential.

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 voltagein the form of V(ac)cos(Ωt)⌊1=kcos(1/3Ωt/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.