Improved spectrometer or imaging assembly

Abstract

A spectrometer assembly comprises a spectrometer disposed in an ambient temperature environment; a SQUID microwave receiver disposed in a cryogenic enclosure; an impedance matching unit disposed between the spectrometer and the SQUID receiver; a signal up-conversion unit, disposed between the spectrometer and the SQUID receiver. The spectrometer may be a mass spectrometer, preferably an Orbitrap(RTM) mass spectrometer, or a spectrometer using radiofrequency detection of current. There is also disclosed an imaging assembly comprising: an imaging device disposed in an ambient temperature environment; a SQUID microwave receiver disposed in a cryogenic enclosure; an impedance matching unit disposed between the imaging device and the SQUID receiver; a signal up-conversion unit, disposed between the imaging device and the SQUID receiver.

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