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Abstract

An offset voltage adjusting portion is provided in an amplifying portion for applying respective pulse voltages to a pair of grid electrodes that structures a shutter gate grid. Because the pulse voltage is shifted in the direction of the voltage axis, with the amplitude and pulse width thereof maintained, when the offset voltage is adjusted, this enables a potential difference to be applied to the voltages that are applied to the front grid electrode and the rear grid electrode when the shutter gate grid is open. This potential difference produces an electric field for accelerating ions in the space between the pair of grid electrodes, thus accelerating the movement of ions immediately following the switching of the shutter gate grid from the closed state to the open state, enabling the pulse width of the ions to be narrowed.

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