ion trap

American  

noun

Physics.

1. any device used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking other apparatus, especially in mass spectrometry.

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ion trap Scientific  

1. A device, such as a magnet, used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking another apparatus, such as a cathode-ray tube screen, which could cause it to lose luminescence.

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Example Sentences

In an ion trap quantum simulator with 51 particles, the scientists have imitated a real material by recreating it particle by particle and studying it in a controlled laboratory environment.

From Science Daily

Such an “ion trap” is a standard technique used by physicists to manipulate ions.

From Scientific American

The detector outside the ion trap will likely be a sheet of laser light, and the team will have to measure the ion’s interaction with the light sheet to nanosecond precision.

From Scientific American

Schmidt-Kaler is an expert on a type of ion trap in which electric fields are used to confine a single calcium ion.

From Scientific American

Potential future improvements could emerge from including more highly charged isotopes, additional elements, short-lived isotopes and even the quantum entanglement of two isotopes within an ion trap.

From Scientific American