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The present invention proposes a time-of-flight mass spectrometer having an ion reflector, which can detect the ions over a wider range of energy while maintaining the resolution, thus improving the ion detection sensitivity by a simple method. In the time-of-flight mass spectrometer, the ion reflector has plural thin plate electrodes and a final electrode. Appropriate voltages are applied to the electrodes so as to construct a first stage with a substantially uniform high electric field strength and a second stage with a substantially uniform low electric field strength. The electric field strength of the second stage is corrected so that it substantially increases at the side of the final electrode. <IMAGE>
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