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Tutt, J. H.; Holland, A. D.; Murray, N. J.; Harriss, R. D.; Hall, D. J. and Soman, M.
(2012).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/02/C02031
URL: http://stacks.iop.org/1748-0221/7/i=02/a=C02031
Abstract
CCDs have been used in several high resolution soft X-ray spectrometers for both space and terrestrial applications such as the Reflection Grating Spectrometer on XMM-Newton and the Super Advanced X-ray Emission Spectrometer at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland. However, with their ability to use multiplication gain to amplify signal and suppress readout noise, EM-CCDs are being considered instead of CCDs for future soft X-ray spectrometers. When detecting low energy X-rays, EM-CCDs are able to increase the Signal-to-Noise ratio of the device, making the X-rays much easier to detect. If the signal is also significantly split between neighbouring pixels, the increase in the size of the signal will make complete charge collection and techniques such as centroiding easier to accomplish. However, multiplication gain from an EM-CCD does cause a degradation of the energy resolution of the device and there are questions about how the high field region in an EM-CCD will behave over time in high radiation environments. This paper analyses the possible advantages and disadvantages of using EM-CCDs for high resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy and suggests in which situations using them would not only be possible, but also beneficial to the instrument.
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- Item ORO ID
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- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1748-0221
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Part of 9th International Conference on Position Sensitive Detectors (PSD9), 12–16 September 2011, Aberystwyth, U.K.
Refereed journal article. - Keywords
- spectrometers; X-ray detectors and telescopes; imaging spectroscopy; avalanche-induced secondary effects
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Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Physical Sciences
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) - Research Group
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Centre for Electronic Imaging (CEI)
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- David Hall