Knife edge skimming for improved separation of molecular species by the deflector
arXiv:1802.04053 · doi:10.1063/1.5026145
Abstract
A knife edge for shaping a molecular beam is described to improve the spatial separation of the species in a molecular beam by the electrostatic deflector. The spatial separation of different molecular species from each other as well as from atomic seed gas is improved. The column density of the selected molecular-beam part in the interaction zone, which corresponds to higher signal rates, was enhanced by a factor of 1.5, limited by the virtual source size of the molecular beam.
arXiv comment3 pages, 2 figures
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