Single-stage reflectron

FIGURE3.il Electrical potential diagrams of (a) a single-stage reflectron, (b) a dual-stage reflectron, (c) a quadratic reflectron, and (d) the gridless reflectron described by Wollnik and co-workers, " generated by SIMION. 

Mass Dispersion of Product Ions in a Single-Stage Reflectron. If metastable fragmentation occurs in the first field-free drift region (Zq) of a single-stage reflectron instrument ... 

FIGURE 8.2 Calculated flight times for product ions in a single-stage (curve A) and a dual-stage (curve B) reflectron. (Reprinted with permission from reference 4). 

FIGURE 8.5 Normal, neutral, and correlated spectra of GlyGlyPhe obtained on a static SIMS time-of-flight mass spectrometer with a single-stage reflectron. (Reproduced with permission from reference 6). 

FIGURE 8.15 Post-source decay mass spectrum of coli thioredoxin obtained from a single-stage reflectron TOP mass spectrometer in two reflectron voltage segments. (Reprinted with permission from reference 10). 

FIGURE 9.7 Schematic diagrams of tandem RJOF-RTOF instruments of Cotter and Cornish using (a) two dual-stage reflectrons and (b) two single-stage reflectrons. (Reprinted with permission from reference 7). 

FIGURE 9.9 High resolution mass spectra of (a) gramicidin S and (b) rhodamine 6-G, obtained by passing the ions through two single-stage reflectrons. 

While abundant fragmentation is observed, time-focusing (resolution) is poor using a single-stage reflectron at a single reflectron voltage. 

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