Wide dynamic range x-ray Mixed-Mode Pixel Array Detector
- Sydor Instruments, Rochester, NY (United States)
Synchrotron light sources and X-ray free electron lasers are now generating shorter pulses with more intense light than ever before possible. The capabilities of these new sources grant unprecedented access into the workings of the natural world. X-ray scattering experiments are among the most common and critical types of experiments conducted in the light source community today. X-ray detectors, as they currently stand, cannot accommodate the large dynamic range of collected x-rays in modern scattering experiments. This capability gap in the detector market leaves scientists unable to answer fundamental questions. The proposed program has been to advance the development of a novel wide dynamic range x-ray mixed-mode pixel array detector conceived within a national laboratory. This mixed-mode detector, called the Mixed Mode Pixel Array Detector (MM-PAD), has demonstrated single x-ray sensitivity with a dynamic range of greater than 108 8 keV photons per second per pixel with a read noise of 0.16 photons (rms; photons in units of 8 keV x-rays) [1-3]. The technology has evolved to the proof-of-concept phase and the current Phase I project has investigated the feasibility of creating a commercial detector from the laboratory produced POC device. The primary objective of the proposed program was to leverage the laboratory research and development completed to-date and investigate feasibility of commercializing the detector and start the conceptual design work. To accomplish our goal of commercializing the MM-PAD we: transferred the know-how and expertise of the detector scientists to Sydor Instruments, redesigned the current detector to suit the needs of a wider community base, and made use of a similar commercial detector architectures Sydor Instruments produces to move the technology rapidly to the commercial marketplace. Phase I has culminated in a conceptual design for a commercial prototype to be produced in Phase II along with a product road map for future product releases.
- Research Organization:
- Sydor Instruments, Rochester, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Contributing Organization:
- Cornell University
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0017139
- OSTI ID:
- 1411967
- Type / Phase:
- STTR (Phase I)
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-2017-SYDOR-0017139-F; #1209
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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