A time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer comprises an ion source
which generates cluster ions each comprised of two or more atoms, a
pulsing mechanism which pulses the cluster ions, a selecting mechanism
which selects ions having a specific mass number from the pulsed cluster
ions and passes the selected ions in an ON state of the selecting
mechanism, and, passes the pulsed cluster ions without the selecting in
an OFF state of the selecting mechanism, and a time-of-flight mass
spectrometric unit which measures a mass spectrum of secondary ions
generated from a sample using a difference in time of flight when the
sample is irradiated with the ions passed through the selecting
mechanism.