The present disclosure relates to an integrated package having an active area, an electrical routing circuit, an optical routing circuit, and a vacuum vessel. Methods of making such a package are also described herein.

Systems and methods disclosed provide a laser-assisted micro-mass spectrometer, which can include a pulsed inlet, a multi-wavelength laser system, and a first mass spectrometer module including a plurality of first ionization sources. In an embodiment, the pulsed inlet can be configured to receive a neutral sample of analyte material and provide it to said first mass spectrometer module.

The invention generally relates to methods and devices for synchronization of ion generation with cycling of a discontinuous atmospheric interface. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for analyzing a sample that includes a mass spectrometry probe that generates sample ions, a discontinuous atmospheric interface, and a mass analyzer, in which the system is configured such that ion formation is synchronized with cycling of the discontinuous atmospheric interface.

Systems and methods for loading microfabricated ion traps are disclosed. Photo-ablation via an ablation pulse is used to generate a flow of atoms from a source material, where the flow is predominantly populated with neutral atoms. As the neutral atoms flow toward the ion trap, two-photon photo-ionization is used to selectively ionize a specific isotope contained in the atom flow. The velocity of the liberated atoms, atom-generation rate, and/or heat load of the source material is controlled by controlling the fluence of the ablation pulse to provide high ion-trapping probability while simultaneously mitigating generation of heat in the ion-trapping system that can preclude cryogenic operation. In some embodiments, the source material is held within an ablation oven comprising an electrically conductive housing that is configured to restrict the flow of agglomerated neutral atoms generated during photo-ablation toward the ion trap.

The use of multiple ion chains in a single ion trap for quantum information processing (QIP) systems is described. Each chain can have its own set of laser beams with which to implement and operate quantum gates within that chain, where each chain may therefore correspond to a single quantum computing register or core. Operations can be performed in parallel across all of these chains as they can be treated independently from each other. To implement and operate quantum gates between different chains, neighboring chains are merged into a single, larger chain, in which one can perform quantum gates between any of the ions in the larger chain. The combined chains can then be separated again by another shuttling event as needed. To implement and operate quantum gates between ions which do not occupy neighboring chains, swap gates can be used via a sequence of intervening chains.

In an ion trap chip, an RF electrode for producing a radio-frequency ion-trapping electric field is formed in one of a plurality of metallization layers formed on a substrate and separated from each other by intermetal dielectric. At least two spans of the RF electrode are suspended between support pillars over a void defined within one or more layers of intermetal dielectric. For each span that is suspended between a first and a second support pillar, an area A.sub.Total and an area A.sub.Supported are defined. A.sub.Total is the total electrode area from an initial edge of the first support pillar to an initial edge of the second support pillar. A.sub.Supported is the electrode area directly underlain by the first support pillar. In each span that is suspended from a first support pillar to a second support pillar, A.sub.Supported is not more than one-half of A.sub.Total.

The invention relates to a device (10) for extracting volatile species from a liquid (20) connected to an inlet of an analysis instrument, such as a mass spectrometer (MS). The device has a chamber (4), a membrane (5) forming a barrier for the liquid at zero differential pressure between the inside and the outside of the chamber, and allowing passage of the volatile species at zero differential pressure between the inside and the outside of the chamber. The device has an inlet capillary channel (3) to feed in a carrier gas and prevent back-diffusion from the chamber, and an outlet capillary channel (6) which provides a significant pressure reduction, e.g. from atmospheric pressure in the chamber (4) to near-vacuum suitable for an MS. The invention combines the best of two worlds, i.e. the fast time-response of a DEMS system and the high sensitivity of a MIMS system, since a differential pumping stage is not needed.

A mass analyzer includes a main substrate, an upper substrate adhered to the main substrate, and a lower substrate. A mass analysis room (cavity) is formed in the main substrate and penetrates from an upper surface of the first main substrate to a lower surface of the first main substrate. A vertical direction (Z direction) to the main substrate by the upper substrate, both sides of the lower substrate, a travelling direction (X direction) of charged particles and a right angle to the Z direction by the main substrate, and both sides of a right-angled direction (Y to Z direction) and the X direction by a side surface of the main substrate are surrounded. A central hole is open in the side plate of the main substrate that the charged particles enter. The charged particles enter the mass analysis room through the central hole formed in the first main substrate.

A method for producing an atom trap (20) comprising the steps: (a) applying an electrically conductive starting layer (2) onto a substrate (1), (b) applying at least one electric conductor element (4) to the starting layer (2) by means of electro-chemical deposition and/or a lift-off method, (c) applying at least one contacting element (6) by means of electro-chemical deposition and/or a lift-off method, such that the at least one contacting element (6) is connected to the at least one electric conductor element (4) in an electrically conductive manner, (d) removing the starting layer (2) in regions in which no electric conductor element (4) has been applied, (e) applying an insulation layer (7) that at least partially covers the at least one electric conductor element (4) and the at least one contacting element (6), (f) planarizing the insulation layer (7) and exposing the at least one contacting element (6), and (g) applying at least one additional electric conductor (14) element by means of electro-chemical deposition and/or a lift-off method, such that the at least one additional electric conductor element (14) is connected to the at least one contacting element (6) in an electrically conductive manner.

An ion trap device is provided as well as a method of manufacturing the ion trap device including a substrate, central DC electrode, RF electrode, side electrode and an insulating layer. Disposed over the substrate, the central DC electrode includes DC connector pad and DC rail connected thereto. The RF electrode includes RF rail adjacent to the DC rail and RF pad connected to RF rail. The side electrode has RF electrode disposed between thereof and the central DC electrode. The insulating layer supports one of the central DC electrode, RF electrode and side electrode, on a top surface of the substrate. The insulating layer includes first insulating layer and second insulating layer disposed over the first insulating layer, and the second insulating layer includes an overhang protruding with respect to the first insulating layer in a width direction of the ion trap device.