{"title":"Gentle nano-electrospray ion source for reliable and efficient generation of microsolvated ions.","authors":"Andrei Zviagin, Vladimir Kopysov, Oleg V Boyarkin","doi":"10.1063/5.0119580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0119580","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present herein the design of a nano-electrospray ion source capable of reliable generation of large quantities of microsolvated ions. The source is based on a triple molecular skimmer scheme and can be quickly tuned to generate bare ions or their ionic complexes with up to more than 100 solvent molecules retained from solution. The performance of this source is illustrated by recording the mass spectra of distributions of ionic complexes of protonated water, amino acids, and a small protein ubiquitin. Protonated water complexes with more than 110 molecules and amino acids with more than 45 water molecules could be generated. Although the commercial ion source based on the double ion funnel design with orthogonal injection, which we used in our laboratory, is more efficient in generating ions than our triple skimmer ion source, they both exhibit comparable short-term stability in generating bare ions. In return, only the new source is capable of generating microsolvated ions.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"114104"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40462994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen J Moxim, Fedor V Sharov, David R Hughart, Gaddi S Haase, Colin G McKay, Elias B Frantz, Patrick M Lenhan
{"title":"Near-zero-field magnetoresistance measurements: A simple method to track atomic-scale defects involved in metal-oxide-semiconductor device reliability.","authors":"Stephen J Moxim, Fedor V Sharov, David R Hughart, Gaddi S Haase, Colin G McKay, Elias B Frantz, Patrick M Lenhan","doi":"10.1063/5.0080960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080960","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We demonstrate the ability of a relatively new analytical technique, near-zero-field magnetoresistance (NZFMR), to track atomic-scale phenomena involved in the high-field stressing damage of fully processed Si metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors. We show that the technique is sensitive to both the P<sub>b0</sub> and P<sub>b1</sub> dangling bond centers and that the presence of both centers can be inferred through NZFMR via hyperfine interactions with the central <sup>29</sup>Si atoms of the dangling bonds. The NZFMR results also provide evidence for the redistribution of mobile hydrogen atoms at the Si/SiO<sub>2</sub> interface and also a potential change in the average dipolar coupling constant between electrons in neighboring defects. This work shows that NZFMR offers significant analytical power for studying technologically relevant semiconductor device reliability problems and has advantages in experimental simplicity over comparable techniques.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"115101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40549129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis method for calculating radial correlation length of electron temperature turbulence from correlation electron cyclotron emission radiometer.","authors":"G Wang, T L Rhodes, W A Peebles","doi":"10.1063/5.0101680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0101680","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The radial correlation length (L<sub>r</sub>) is one of the essential quantities to measure in order to more fully characterize and understand turbulence and anomalous transport in magnetic fusion plasmas. The analysis method for calculating L<sub>r</sub> of electron temperature (T<sub>e</sub>) turbulence from correlation electron cyclotron emission (correlation ECE or CECE) radiometer measurements has not been fully developed partly due to the fact that the turbulent electron temperature fluctuations are generally imbedded in much larger amplitude thermal noise, which leads to a greatly reduced cross correlation coefficient (ϱ) between two spatially separated ECE signals. This work finds that this ϱ reduction factor due to thermal noise is a function of the local relative temperature fluctuation power and CECE system bandwidths of intermediate and video frequencies, independent of radial separations. This indicates that under the approximation of constant relative temperature fluctuation power for a small radial range of local CECE measurements, the original shape of ϱ as a function of radial separation without thermal noise is preserved in the CECE data with thermal noise present. For T<sub>e</sub> turbulence with a Gaussian radial wavenumber spectrum, a fit function using the product of Gaussian and sinusoidal functions is derived for calculating L<sub>r</sub>. This analysis method has been numerically tested using simulated ECE radiometer data over a range of parameters. Using this method, the experimental temperature turbulence correlation length L<sub>r</sub> in a DIII-D L-mode plasma is found to be ∼10 times the local ion gyroradius.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"113511"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40549640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Post collision analyzer to study charge-exchange processes in ion-molecule collisions.","authors":"Sumit Srivastav, Bhas Bapat","doi":"10.1063/5.0121351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0121351","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have designed an electrostatic charge state analyzer for ion beams having energies in the range of 5-20 keV/q. It is primarily built to investigate the different ionization processes involved in the slow (v < 1 a.u.) impact of highly charged ions on molecules. The analyzer is a cylindrical deflector analyzer (CDA) based on a pair of concentric cylindrical sectors of radii 110.2 and 95 mm, subtending an angle of 127° at its center. Additionally, an Einzel lens and a quadrupole deflector are deployed to focus and steer the ion beam. The compact design of the analyzer permits easy integration with an ion momentum spectrometer used for studying the fragmentation of the target molecules. The characterization of the CDA including its calibration and its transmission function is carried out using an ion beam delivered from an electron beam ion source. To check the performance of the setup, we have carried out experiments comprising the impact of Ar<sup>16+</sup> projectiles on CO<sub>2</sub> target molecules at an energy of 18 keV/q. With the help of the CDA, different charge exchange ionization processes, such as single capture, double capture, and triple capture of electrons by the projectile ion have been separated efficiently. The possibility of a modification in the geometry of CDA is discussed to further improve its performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"113306"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40549666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Do Yeon Kim, Calin Ioan Hojbota, Mohammad Mirzaie, Seong Ku Lee, Ki Yong Kim, Jae Hee Sung, Chang Hee Nam
{"title":"Optical synchronization technique for all-optical Compton scattering.","authors":"Do Yeon Kim, Calin Ioan Hojbota, Mohammad Mirzaie, Seong Ku Lee, Ki Yong Kim, Jae Hee Sung, Chang Hee Nam","doi":"10.1063/5.0115918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0115918","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In all-optical Compton scattering driven by a multi-petawatt laser, it is critical to have accurate spatiotemporal synchronization between the ultrarelativistic electron bunch and the ultrahigh-intensity laser beam. Such a synchronization was realized by using two complementary optical setups. The first setup, used for the initial synchronization, recorded the spatial interferogram between the two femtosecond lasers used for a GeV electron beam production and an ultrahigh scattering laser beam. The second one, consisting of spatial and spectral interferometers, measured the time delay between the two laser beams in the range of 0-200 fs in real time. These monitoring systems played an essential role in conducting Compton scattering experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"113001"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40458480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lin Miao, Zhaojun Liu, Zeyang Chen, Xiaohan Wang, Ziwen Zhou, Jinbo Zhao, Shaozheng Fang, Guangjia Yin, Zezhao Jia, Jin Liu, Ramiro Moro, Walt A deHeer, Lei Ma
{"title":"Fourth generation cryogenic neutral cluster beam apparatus for studying fundamental properties of metallic clusters.","authors":"Lin Miao, Zhaojun Liu, Zeyang Chen, Xiaohan Wang, Ziwen Zhou, Jinbo Zhao, Shaozheng Fang, Guangjia Yin, Zezhao Jia, Jin Liu, Ramiro Moro, Walt A deHeer, Lei Ma","doi":"10.1063/5.0087524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0087524","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A cryogenic beam apparatus for studying neutral clusters has been built and tested. The lowest beam temperature reaches less than 9 K at a repetition rate of 20 Hz. Mechanical decoupling from the refrigerator avoids misalignment during temperature ramping. Adopting a permanent magnet based magnetic deflector eliminates the hysteresis and electric noise of the traditional electromagnet and offers excellent reproducibility of the applied magnetic field. The mass spectrometer can operate in either Mass Spectroscopy Time-Of-Flight mode or Position-Sensitive Time-Of-Flight mode with spatial resolution better than 7 μm. Its performance is demonstrated with niobium and cobalt clusters.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"113310"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40458492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U Patel, T Guruswamy, A J Krzysko, H Charalambous, L Gades, K Wiaderek, O Quaranta, Y Ren, A Yakovenko, U Ruett, A Miceli
{"title":"High-resolution Compton spectroscopy using x-ray microcalorimeters.","authors":"U Patel, T Guruswamy, A J Krzysko, H Charalambous, L Gades, K Wiaderek, O Quaranta, Y Ren, A Yakovenko, U Ruett, A Miceli","doi":"10.1063/5.0092693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0092693","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>X-ray Compton spectroscopy is one of the few direct probes of the electron momentum distribution of bulk materials in ambient and operando environments. We report high-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering experiments with high momentum and energy transfer performed at a storage-ring-based high-energy x-ray light source facility using an x-ray transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter detector. The performance was compared with a silicon drift detector (SDD), an energy-resolving semiconductor detector, and Compton profiles were measured for lithium and cobalt oxide powders relevant to lithium-ion battery research. Spectroscopic analysis of the measured Compton profiles demonstrates the high-sensitivity to the low-Z elements and oxidation states. The line shape analysis of the measured Compton profiles in comparison with computed Hartree-Fock profiles is usually limited by the resolution of the semiconductor detector. We have characterized an x-ray TES microcalorimeter detector for high-resolution Compton scattering experiments using a bending magnet source at the Advanced Photon Source with a double crystal monochromator, providing monochromatic photon energies near 27.5 keV. The momentum resolution below 0.16 atomic units (a.u.) was measured, yielding an improvement of more than a factor of 7 over a state-of-the-art SDD for the same scattering geometry. Furthermore, the lineshapes of narrow valence and broad core electron profiles of sealed lithium metal were clearly resolved using an x-ray TES compared to smeared and broadened lineshapes observed when using the SDD. High-resolution Compton scattering using the energy-resolving area detector shown here presents new opportunities for spatial imaging of electron momentum distributions for a wide class of materials with applications ranging from electrochemistry to condensed matter physics.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"113105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40462999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modular pulsed power supply for characterization of high-power microwave devices.","authors":"Subhash Kumar Ram, Brijendra Kumar Verma, Anand Abhishek, Sachin Devassy, Sukumar Mishra","doi":"10.1063/5.0095855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0095855","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Developing a robust and reliable high-voltage (HV) pulse power system (PPS) is essential for the characterization and testing of microwave tubes and industrial applications. This paper presents the design, simulation, and implementation of a modular and versatile high-voltage pulse power supply used in microwave device characterization and testing. A microcontroller-based digitally controlled pulse generation unit is also developed to generate the trigger pulses for high-voltage switching modules to control the turn-ON and turn-OFF of the switching devices. The digitally controlled pulse generation unit provides better resolution of pulse width, pulse repetition frequency, and system protection over the entire range of operations. The pulse generation and control circuit controls the pulse repetition frequency (PRF) and pulse wide (PW). The PRF and PW can be varied from 100 to 1000 Hz and 10 to 100 µs, respectively. The experimental prototype with ten series-connected high-voltage modules is connected to achieve a 25 kV pulsed output voltage. The experimental results of HV-PPS on a resistive dummy load and 5 GHz klystron tube are presented in this work.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"114713"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40570016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S T Ivancic, W Theobald, K Churnetski, M Michalko, D Willistein, W A Bittle, S P Regan, A Carpenter, C Trosseille, J D Kilkenny, A Raymond, J D Hares, A K L Dymoke-Bradshaw, G Rochau, D Garand
{"title":"Design of the high-yield time-gated x-ray hot-spot imager for OMEGA.","authors":"S T Ivancic, W Theobald, K Churnetski, M Michalko, D Willistein, W A Bittle, S P Regan, A Carpenter, C Trosseille, J D Kilkenny, A Raymond, J D Hares, A K L Dymoke-Bradshaw, G Rochau, D Garand","doi":"10.1063/5.0101673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0101673","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Time-resolved x-ray self-emission imaging of hot spots in inertial confinement fusion experiments along several lines of sight provides critical information on the pressure and the transient morphology of the hot spot on the University of Rochester's OMEGA Laser System. At least three quasi-orthogonal lines of sight are required to infer the tomographic information of the hot spots of deuterium-tritium cryogenic layered implosions. OMEGA currently has two time-gated x-ray hot-spot imagers: the time-resolved Kirkpatrick-Baez x-ray microscope and the single-line-of-sight, time-resolved x-ray imager (SLOS-TRXI). The time-gated x-ray hot-spot imager (XRHSI) is being developed for use on OMEGA as the third line of sight for the high-yield operation of up to 4 × 10<sup>14</sup> neutrons. XRHSI follows the SLOS-TRXI concept; however, it will have improved spatial and temporal resolutions of 5 μm and 20 ps, respectively. The simultaneous operation of the three instruments will provide 3-D reconstructions of the assembled hot-spot fuel at various times through peak thermonuclear output. The technical approach consists of a pinhole array imager and demagnifying time-dilation drift tube that are coupled to two side-by-side hybrid complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (hCMOS) image sensors. To minimize the background and to harden the diagnostics, an angled drift-tube assembly shifting the hCMOS sensors out of the direct line of sight and neutron shielding will be applied. The technical design space for the instrument will be discussed and the conceptual design will be presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"113521"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40570021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lingqin Kong, Lei Shuai, Xiuzuo Liang, Daowu Li, Jipeng Zhang, Wei Zhou, Yao Yang, Xiaoming Wang, Xuanhou Hu, Chunmiao Li, Yue Yu, Yi Ding, Fanhui Meng, Yiwen Zhang, Long Wei
{"title":"A hybrid coded-aperture and Compton camera based on cerium-doped Gd<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub> scintillators coupled with multi-pixel photon counter arrays.","authors":"Lingqin Kong, Lei Shuai, Xiuzuo Liang, Daowu Li, Jipeng Zhang, Wei Zhou, Yao Yang, Xiaoming Wang, Xuanhou Hu, Chunmiao Li, Yue Yu, Yi Ding, Fanhui Meng, Yiwen Zhang, Long Wei","doi":"10.1063/5.0097257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0097257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, we propose a hybrid coded-aperture and Compton camera based on cerium-doped Gd<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub> (GAGG:Ce) scintillator arrays coupled with Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC) arrays. The sensitive detector of the gamma camera consists of a single GAGG:Ce crystal coupled with a single-chip MPPC unit module. An impedance bridge circuit and a 64-channel data acquisition system were employed to record the code-aperture events and Compton coincidence events. After the calibration of position and energy, the total energy resolution for 662 keV gamma-rays from <sup>137</sup>Cs was 6.6%. The hybrid camera had the characteristics of mechanical collimation and electronic collimation at the same time. In the code aperture mode, the reconstructed images were obtained by direct deconvolution and maximum likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM) methods. In the Compton imaging mode, the energy-dependent method was applied to order the sequence of Compton scatter events. The simple back-projection algorithm and list-mode MLEM algorithm were adopted for image reconstruction. Practical performances demonstrated that the angular resolutions in two modes were measured as 5.2° and 11.4°, respectively. In addition, the hybrid camera had a desirable imaging capability in a wide energy range (32 keV-2.6 MeV) and a wide field of view (∼210° in the horizontal direction). As for the sensitivity, the camera had a commercially available sensitivity level of localizing a <sup>137</sup>Cs point source, producing ∼0.026 µSv/h in 5 min. Furthermore, the function of distinction for different radiation sources was preliminarily realized.</p>","PeriodicalId":519534,"journal":{"name":"The Review of scientific instruments","volume":" ","pages":"113103"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40570981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}