Megapixels @ Megahertz – The AGIPD high-speed cameras for the European XFELDeutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Science, Technology and Media, Department of Electronics Design. Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Paul Scherrer Institut - PSI, Villigen, Switzerland.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Paul Scherrer Institut - PSI, Villigen, Switzerland.
Paul Scherrer Institut - PSI, Villigen, Switzerland.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Paul Scherrer Institut - PSI, Villigen, Switzerland.
Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Paul Scherrer Institut - PSI, Villigen, Switzerland.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Paul Scherrer Institut - PSI, Villigen, Switzerland.
Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron - DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
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2019 (English)In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, ISSN 0168-9002, E-ISSN 1872-9576, Vol. 942, article id 162324Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The European XFEL is an extremely brilliant Free Electron Laser Source with a very demanding pulse structure: trains of 2700 X-ray pulses are repeated at 10Hz. The pulses inside the train are spaced by 220ns and each one contains up to 1012photons of 12.4keV, while being ≤100fs in length. AGIPD, the Adaptive Gain Integrating Pixel Detector, is a hybrid pixel detector developed by DESY, PSI, and the Universities of Bonn and Hamburg to cope with these properties. It is a fast, low noise integrating detector, with single photon sensitivity (for Eγ⪆6keV) and a large dynamic range, up to 104 photons at 12.4keV. This is achieved with a charge sensitive amplifier with 3 adaptively selected gains per pixel. 352 images can be recorded at up to 6.5MHz and stored in the in-pixel analogue memory and read out between pulse trains. The core component of this detector is the AGIPD ASIC, which consists of 64 × 64 pixels of 200µm×200µm. Control of the ASIC's image acquisition and analogue readout is via a command based interface. FPGA based electronic boards, controlling ASIC operation, image digitisation and 10GE data transmission interface AGIPD detectors to DAQ and control systems. An AGIPD 1Mpixel detector has been installed at the SPB1 experimental station in August 2017, while a second one is currently commissioned for the MID 2 endstation. A larger (4Mpixel) AGIPD detector and one to employ Hi-Z sensor material to efficiently register photons up to Eγ≈25keV are currently under construction.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. Vol. 942, article id 162324
Keywords [en]
AGIPD, European XFEL, Free electron laser, Hybrid pixel detector, Photon science, X-ray detector
National Category
Subatomic Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-36843DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.06.065ISI: 000480338100004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85069880242OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-36843DiVA, id: diva2:1342362
2019-08-132019-08-132025-02-14Bibliographically approved