Characterization of a quadrant diamond transmission X‐ray detector including a precise determination of the mean electron–hole pair creation energy
Precise monitoring of the incoming photon flux is crucial for many experiments using synchrotron radiation. For photon energies above a few keV, thin semiconductor photodiodes can be operated in transmission for this purpose. Diamond is a particularly attractive material as a result of its low absor...
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Published in | Journal of synchrotron radiation Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 407 - 412 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
5 Abbey Square, Chester, Cheshire CH1 2HU, England
International Union of Crystallography
01.03.2018
John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
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Summary: | Precise monitoring of the incoming photon flux is crucial for many experiments using synchrotron radiation. For photon energies above a few keV, thin semiconductor photodiodes can be operated in transmission for this purpose. Diamond is a particularly attractive material as a result of its low absorption. The responsivity of a state‐of‐the art diamond quadrant transmission detector has been determined, with relative uncertainties below 1% by direct calibration against an electrical substitution radiometer. From these data and the measured transmittance, the thickness of the involved layers as well as the mean electron–hole pair creation energy were determined, the latter with an unprecedented relative uncertainty of 1%. The linearity and X‐ray scattering properties of the device are also described.
A transmissive X‐ray detector based on ultrahigh‐purity single‐crystal diamond is fully characterized regarding responsivity, including linearity and homogeneity, transmittance and X‐ray scattering. A refined value for the mean electron–hole pair creation energy of diamond is obtained. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 BNL-203530-2018-JAAM USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) SC0012704 |
ISSN: | 1600-5775 0909-0495 1600-5775 |
DOI: | 10.1107/S1600577517017659 |