Superconducting X-ray detectors

X-ray imaging detectors

X-Ray Data Booklet Section 4.5 X-RAY DETECTORS

A wide variety of x-ray detectors is available, some counting single photons, some providing only measurements of count rate or total flux, others measuring the energy, position, and/or incidence time of each x-ray. Table 4-2 provides typical values for useful energy range, energy resolution, dead time per event, and maximum count rate capability for common x-ray detectors. For special applicat...

Synthesis and characterization of Gd2O2 S: Tb3+ phosphor powder for X-ray imaging detectors

Gadolinium oxysulfide phosphor doped with trivalent terbium have been synthesized using urea homogenous precipitation and followed by sulfurization at 800 °C under argon atmosphere. Structural and morphological of synthesized phosphor powder were characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR). Hexagonal structure ...

Superconducting high-resolution X-ray detectors for metalloprotein L-edge spectroscopy

Superconducting tunnel junctions (STJs) can be used as high-resolution energy-dispersive X-ray detectors. STJ detectors are based on the measurement of an increased tunneling current from excess charge carriers that are excited above the superconducting energy gap by the absorption of an X-ray. Nb-based STJ detectors have a theoretical energy resolution limit below 5 eV FWHM for X-ray energies ...

The Suppression of Phonon induced Noise in Niobium Superconducting Tunnel Junction X-ray Detectors

An investigation into the phonon contamination of X-ray sensitive superconducting tunnel junctions arising from the X-ray photoabsorption in various substrates has been conducted. Results are presented on the design of a superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) which substantially reduces or even eliminates phonon induced noise from the substrate. Such noise is the predominant feature in X-ray spe...