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DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.10.032
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Document Type : Proceedings Paper Conference Date : JUN 21-25, 2011 Conference Location : Belgrade, SERBIA Conference Sponsor : Univ Belgrade, Inst Phys, Serbian Acad Sci & Arts (SASA), Republ Serbia, Minist Educ & Sci, Serbian Phys Soc, Serv Cooperat Dact Culturelle Ambassade France Serbie, Osterreichisches Kulturforum Belgrad ; A specific mechanical beam shutter has been designed as a part of a novel experimental setup for tandem mass spectrometry and ion spectroscopy of electrosprayed ions in a linear quadrupole ion trap using VUV and soft X-ray synchrotron radiation. This low-cost and robust shutter controls the photon irradiation of the ions in the trap, starting at a desired moment and during a well-defined period of time, with fast cutoff (on) of the photon beam (