
Optimizing Instrument Settings Parameters
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Workstation User’s Guide 5-57
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5.4.2 Determining the Laser Setting
This section includes:
•Overview
• Laser intensity and matrix
• Adjusting laser intensity
• Signal saturation
Overview
Adjust laser intensity as described below to obtain a setting
that allows you to optimize resolution and signal-to-noise ratio,
as described in the following sections. See Section 6.3.2,
Laser Intensity, for more information.
Figure 5-15 Optimizing Signal Intensity
Laser intensity
and matrix
Optimum laser intensity is sample- and matrix-dependent. You
can obtain an estimate of the starting intensity for an unknown
sample by analyzing a standard in the same mass range using
the same matrix.
The order of needed laser intensity (from low to high) for each
matrix is as follows:
• α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid
• Sinapinic acid
• 2,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid
• 3-Hydroxypicolinic acid
To Optimize:
Signal intensity
Adjust:
Laser intensity
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