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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Marcos Dantus, Okemos, MI (US);
Gavin Reid, Mason, MI (US);
Inventors:
Marcos Dantus, Okemos, MI (US);
Gavin Reid, Mason, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/00 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01); H01J 49/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/0059 (2013.01); H01J 49/162 (2013.01); H01J 49/4205 (2013.01);
Abstract
One aspect of the system provides the use of a laser with a mass spectrometer. Another aspect of the present application employs a laser emitting a pulse of less than one picosecond duration into an ion-trap mass spectrometer. In yet another aspect of the present application, a femtosecond laser beam pulse is emitted upon an ionized specimen to remove at least one electron therefrom.