Optimization of curved drift tubes for ultraviolet-ion mobility spectrometry

Kai Ni; Guangli Ou; Xiaoguo Zhang; Zhou Yu; Quan Yu; Xiang Qian; Xiaohao Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2193266

7 August 2015 Optimization of curved drift tubes for ultraviolet-ion mobility spectrometry

Kai Ni, Guangli Ou, Xiaoguo Zhang, Zhou Yu, Quan Yu, Xiang Qian, Xiaohao Wang

Proceedings Volume 9623, 2015 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Measurement Technology and Systems; 962317 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2193266
Event: International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology 2015, 2015, Beijing, China

Abstract

Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is a key trace detection technique for toxic pollutants and explosives in the atmosphere. Ultraviolet radiation photoionization source is widely used as an ionization source for IMS due to its advantages of high selectivity and non-radioactivity. However, UV-IMS bring problems that UV rays will be launched into the drift tube which will cause secondary ionization and lead to the photoelectric effect of the Faraday disk. So air is often used as working gas to reduce the effective distance of UV rays, but it will limit the application areas of UV-IMS. In this paper, we propose a new structure of curved drift tube, which can avoid abnormally incident UV rays. Furthermore, using curved drift tube may increase the length of drift tube and then improve the resolution of UV-IMS according to previous research. We studied the homogeneity of electric field in the curved drift tube, which determined the performance of UV-IMS. Numerical simulation of electric field in curved drift tube was conducted by SIMION in our study. In addition, modeling method and homogeneity standard for electric field were also presented. The influences of key parameters include radius of gyration, gap between electrode as well as inner diameter of curved drift tube, on the homogeneity of electric field were researched and some useful laws were summarized. Finally, an optimized curved drift tube is designed to achieve homogenous drift electric field. There is more than 98.75% of the region inside the curved drift tube where the fluctuation of the electric field strength along the radial direction is less than 0.2% of that along the axial direction.

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Kai Ni, Guangli Ou, Xiaoguo Zhang, Zhou Yu, Quan Yu, Xiang Qian, and Xiaohao Wang "Optimization of curved drift tubes for ultraviolet-ion mobility spectrometry", Proc. SPIE 9623, 2015 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optoelectronic Measurement Technology and Systems, 962317 (7 August 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2193266

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Ions

Electrodes

Ultraviolet radiation

Ionization

Spectroscopy

Photoelectric effect

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