High Speed, High Resolution pnCCDs as Two Dimensional Imaging Spectrometers for X-rays and Electrons
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Since several years pnCCDs are well known as radiation detectors for spectroscopic imaging in many fields of science: X-Ray Fluorescence analysis (XRF), X-ray astronomy, X-ray Free Electron Laser science, synchrotrons and in the visible range as wave front sensors in adaptive optics systems. For direct electron detection in the focal plane of (S)TEMs they have delivered remarkable results in an energy range from 20 keV up to 300 keV.
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