Sub-microsecond-resolved multi-speckle X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy with a pixel array detector
Small-angle X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) measurements spanning delay times from 826 ns to 52.8 s were performed using a photon-counting pixel array detector with a dynamic range of 0-3 (2 bits). Fine resolution and a wide dynamic range of time scales was achieved by combining two mod...
Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of synchrotron radiation. - 1994. - 25(2018), Pt 5 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 1408-1416 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of synchrotron radiation |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) multi-speckle XPCS pixel array detector (PAD) |
Zusammenfassung: | Small-angle X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) measurements spanning delay times from 826 ns to 52.8 s were performed using a photon-counting pixel array detector with a dynamic range of 0-3 (2 bits). Fine resolution and a wide dynamic range of time scales was achieved by combining two modes of operation of the detector: (i) continuous mode, where data acquisition and data readout are performed in parallel with a frame acquisition time of 19.36 µs, and (ii) burst mode, where 12 frames are acquired with frame integration times of either 2.56 µs frame-1 or 826 ns frame-1 followed by 3.49 ms or 1.16 ms, respectively, for readout. The applicability of the detector for performing multi-speckle XPCS was demonstrated by measuring the Brownian dynamics of 10 nm-radius gold and 57 nm-radius silica colloids in water at room temperature. In addition, the capability of the detector to faithfully record one- and two-photon counts was examined by comparing the statistical distribution of photon counts with expected probabilities from the negative binomial distribution. It was found that in burst mode the ratio of 2 s to 1 s is markedly smaller than predicted and that this is attributable to pixel-response dead-time |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 06.09.2018 Date Revised 06.09.2018 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1600-5775 |
DOI: | 10.1107/S1600577518009074 |