Global Patent Index - EP 1212779 A2

EP 1212779 A2 20020612 - DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING ATOMS AND/OR MOLECULES BY LASER ABLATION AND TRANSFER TO AN ION TRAP SPECTROMETER, METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID DEVICE AND SPECIFIC USES OF SAID METHOD

Title (en)

DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND ANALYZING ATOMS AND/OR MOLECULES BY LASER ABLATION AND TRANSFER TO AN ION TRAP SPECTROMETER, METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID DEVICE AND SPECIFIC USES OF SAID METHOD

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUM NACHWEIS UND ANALYSE DURCH LASERABTRAGUNG UND ÜBERTRAGUNG IN EINE SPEKTROMETERIONENFALLE SOWIE ZUGEHÖRIGES VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE DETECTION ET D'ANALYSE PAR ABLATION LASER ET TRANSFERT VERS UNE TRAPPE IONIQUE D'UN SPECTROMETRE ET PROCEDE ASSOCIE

Publication

EP 1212779 A2 20020612 (FR)

Application

EP 00958746 A 20000825

Priority

  • FR 0002382 W 20000825
  • FR 9910890 A 19990826

Abstract (en)

[origin: FR2797956A1] The invention relates to a device for detecting and analyzing atoms and/or molecules. Said device is characterized in that it comprises the following: a laser source (2); an optical arrangement (3) for aligning and focusing the laser beam (2') that is emitted; an ablation chamber (4, 4') which contains the sample (6) to be analyzed and is exposed to said laser source (2), the laser source being outside the chamber (4, 4') in order to produce neutral atoms and/or molecules in said ablation chamber (4, 4'); and a transfer line (7) for transferring the neutral atoms and/or molecules emitted in the ablation chamber (4, 4'), to said detection or analysis ion trap (8), in a gas current and/or under the influence of the vacuum that prevails in the spectrometer. The atoms and/or molecules are ionized in said ion trap (8), which is separate from the ablation chamber (4, 4'). The invention is particularly suitable for use in the area of physico-chemical analysis.

IPC 1-7

H01J 49/16

IPC 8 full level

H01J 49/04 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01J 49/0463 (2013.01); H01J 49/424 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 0115191A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2797956 A1 20010302; FR 2797956 B1 20011130; EP 1212779 A2 20020612; WO 0115191 A2 20010301; WO 0115191 A3 20020418

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9910890 A 19990826; EP 00958746 A 20000825; FR 0002382 W 20000825