High-performance X-ray detectors for the new powder diffraction beamline I11 at Diamond.
The design and performance characterization of a new light-weight and compact X-ray scintillation detector is presented. The detectors are intended for use on the new I11 powder diffraction beamline at the third-generation Diamond synchrotron facility where X-ray beams of high photon brightness are generated by insertion devices. The performance characteristics of these detection units were measured first using a radioactive source (efficiency of detection and background count rate) and then synchrotron X-rays (peak stability, light yield linearity and response consistency). Here, the results obtained from these tests are reported, and the suitability of the design for the Diamond powder beamline is demonstrated by presenting diffraction data obtained from a silicon powder standard using a prototype multicrystal analyser stage.
Tartoni
Nicola
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Diamond Light Source, Diamond House, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0DE, UK.
Thompson
Stephen P
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Tang
Chiu C
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Willis
Brian L
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Derbyshire
Gareth E
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Wright
Anthony G
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Jaye
Stephen C
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Homer
J Michael
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Pizzey
John D
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Bell
Anthony M T
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