Eiger: A single-photon counting x-ray detector

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Johnson, I ^a   Bergamaschi, A ^a   Billich, H ^a   Cartier, S ^a,b   Dinapoli, R ^a   Greiffenberg, D ^a   Guizar Sicairos, M ^a   Henrich, B ^a   Jungmann, J ^a   Mezza, D ^a   Mozzanica, A ^a   Schmitt, B ^a   Shi, X ^a   Tinti, G ^a,c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Hybrid detectors; X ray detectors; X ray diffraction detectors

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DETECTOR SYSTEMS; HIGH FRAME RATE; HYBRID DETECTORS; PIXEL DETECTOR; RATE CAPABILITIES; SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING; SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE; X-RAY DETECTOR;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84903590565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/05/C05032     Document Type: Article

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