Electrostatic charged-particle spectrograph made up of discrete plane and box electrodes

A simple spectrograph is suggested for rapid analysis of the charged particle beam energy. The device is protected against the penetration of stray self-fields and extraneous fields into its operating region. A distinctive feature of such a spectrograph is that potentials applied to different parts of the split plane electrode vary in proportion to the square root of the distance from the frontal end electrode to the middle of the respective part. Optimal operating conditions for the spectrograph are found using computer simulation. Under these conditions, the range of energies recorded simultaneously covers two orders of magnitude, which is several times larger than the maximal range of the spectrographs currently available.