Quadrupole ion trap

In experimental physics, a quadrupole ion trap is a type of ion trap that uses dynamic electric fields to trap charged particles. It is also called radio frequency (RF) trap or Paul trap in honor of Wolfgang Paul who invented the device and shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for this work. It is used as a component of a mass spectrometer or a trapped ion quantum computer.

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