MICRA: A Compact Permanent Magnet Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer

MICRA,1 a compact Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer is described. The amount of miniaturisation in this device, based on a 1.24 T permanent magnet, remains compatible with genuine FT-ICR performance and analytical power in the mass range 2–1000 m/z, with a mass resolving power of 73,000 at mass 132. A first application of the transportability is the repetitive coupling of MICRA with a large-scale source of IR photons, the free electron laser CLIO.

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