High-Speed Readout of High-Z Pixel Detectors with the LAMBDA Detector
Autor: | Helmut Hirsemann, Y. Yu, David Pennicard, Q. Xia, I. Sheviakov, A. Rothkirch, B. Struth, S. Smoljanin, H. Graafsma |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Physics
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Zdroj: | Journal of Instrumentation 9(12), C12014 (2014). doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/12/C12014 |
Popis: | High-frame-rate X-ray pixel detectors make it possible to perform time-resolved experiments at synchrotron beamlines, and to make better use of these sources by shortening experiment times. LAMBDA is a photon-counting hybrid pixel detector based on the Medipix3 chip, designed to combine a small pixel size of 55 μm, a large tileable module design, high speed, and compatibility with ``high-Z'' sensors for hard X-ray detection. This technical paper focuses on LAMBDA's high-speed-readout functionality, which allows a frame rate of 2000 frames per second with no deadtime between successive images. This takes advantage of the Medipix3 chip's ``continuous read-write'' function and highly parallelised readout. The readout electronics serialise this data and send it back to a server PC over two 10 Gigabit Ethernet links. The server PC controls the detector and receives, processes and stores the data using software designed for the Tango control system. As a demonstration of high-speed readout of a high-Z sensor, a GaAs LAMBDA detector was used to make a high-speed X-ray video of a computer fan. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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