Genetic Algorithm for Voltage Optimization of Gridless Ion Mirror

This article describes a genetic algorithm capable of fast search for optimum parameters of ion-optical systems with various types of reflective mirrors. Such an algorithm is an effective tool for solving optimization problems in ion and electron optics, where the use of analytical methods and direct programming becomes ineffective or impossible, and the stochastic search of variants consuming and costly. Genetic algorithm is an effective addition to standard developer tools and software environments such as SIMION-8-3D.