Title
Pixel-to-pixel variation on a calibrated PILATUS3-based multi-energy soft x-ray detector
Date Issued
01 October 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Vanmeter P.
Reusch L.
Pablant N.
Maddox J.
Rissi M.
Luethi B.
Donath T.
Schulze-Briese C.
Hill K.
Den Hartog D.
Princeton University
Publisher(s)
American Institute of Physics Inc.
Abstract
A multi-energy soft x-ray pin-hole camera based on the PILATUS3 100 K x-ray detector has recently been installed on the Madison Symmetric Torus. This photon-counting detector consists of a two-dimensional array of ∼100 000 pixels for which the photon lower-threshold cutoff energy Ec can be independently set for each pixel. This capability allows the measurement of plasma x-ray emissivity in multiple energy ranges with a unique combination of spatial and spectral resolution and the inference of a variety of important plasma properties (e.g., Te, nZ, Zeff). The energy dependence of each pixel is calibrated for the 1.6-6 keV range by scanning individual trimbit settings, while the detector is exposed to fluorescence emission from Ag, In, Mo, Ti, V, and Zr targets. The resulting data for each line are then fit to a characteristic "S-curve" which determines the mapping between the 64 possible trimbit settings for each pixel. The statistical variation of this calibration from pixel-to-pixel was explored, and it was found that the discreteness of trimbit settings results in an effective threshold resolution of ΔE < 100 eV. A separate calibration was performed for the 4-14 keV range, with a resolution of ΔE < 200 eV.
Volume
89
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de plasmas y fluídos Óptica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85054836773
PubMed ID
Source
Review of Scientific Instruments
ISSN of the container
00346748
Sponsor(s)
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences program under Award Nos. DE-SC0015474 and DE-FC02-05ER54814.
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