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...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of synchrotron radiation. - 1994. - 25(2018), Pt 5 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 1408-1416
1. Verfasser: Zhang, Qingteng (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Dufresne, Eric M, Narayanan, Suresh, Maj, Piotr, Koziol, Anna, Szczygiel, Robert, Grybos, Pawel, Sutton, Mark, Sandy, Alec R
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
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)
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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
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