Quantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with GaAs:Cr sensor for transmission electron microscopy
Hybrid pixel detectors (HPDs) have been shown to be highly effective for diffraction-based and time-resolved studies in transmission electron microscopy, but their performance is limited by the fact that high-energy electrons scatter over long distances in their thick Si sensors. An advantage of HPD...
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| author | Paton, KA Veale, MC Mu, X Allen, CS Maneuski, D Kübel, C O'Shea, V Kirkland, AI McGrouther, D |
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| description | Hybrid pixel detectors (HPDs) have been shown to be highly effective for diffraction-based and time-resolved studies in transmission electron microscopy, but their performance is limited by the fact that high-energy electrons scatter over long distances in their thick Si sensors. An advantage of HPDs compared to monolithic active pixel sensors is that their sensors do not need to be fabricated from Si. We have compared the performance of the Medipix3 HPD with a Si sensor and a GaAs:Cr sensor using primary electrons in the energy range of 60–300 keV. We describe the measurement and calculation of the detectors’ modulation transfer function (MTF) and detective quantum efficiency (DQE), which show that the performance of the GaAs:Cr device is markedly superior to that of the Si device for high-energy electrons. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:c2b1659d-3701-43c7-89be-04c8b4290bee2022-03-27T06:10:49ZQuantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with GaAs:Cr sensor for transmission electron microscopyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:c2b1659d-3701-43c7-89be-04c8b4290beeEnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2021Paton, KAVeale, MCMu, XAllen, CSManeuski, DKübel, CO'Shea, VKirkland, AIMcGrouther, DHybrid pixel detectors (HPDs) have been shown to be highly effective for diffraction-based and time-resolved studies in transmission electron microscopy, but their performance is limited by the fact that high-energy electrons scatter over long distances in their thick Si sensors. An advantage of HPDs compared to monolithic active pixel sensors is that their sensors do not need to be fabricated from Si. We have compared the performance of the Medipix3 HPD with a Si sensor and a GaAs:Cr sensor using primary electrons in the energy range of 60–300 keV. We describe the measurement and calculation of the detectors’ modulation transfer function (MTF) and detective quantum efficiency (DQE), which show that the performance of the GaAs:Cr device is markedly superior to that of the Si device for high-energy electrons. |
| spellingShingle | Paton, KA Veale, MC Mu, X Allen, CS Maneuski, D Kübel, C O'Shea, V Kirkland, AI McGrouther, D Quantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with GaAs:Cr sensor for transmission electron microscopy |
| title | Quantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with GaAs:Cr sensor for transmission electron microscopy |
| title_full | Quantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with GaAs:Cr sensor for transmission electron microscopy |
| title_fullStr | Quantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with GaAs:Cr sensor for transmission electron microscopy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with GaAs:Cr sensor for transmission electron microscopy |
| title_short | Quantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with GaAs:Cr sensor for transmission electron microscopy |
| title_sort | quantifying the performance of a hybrid pixel detector with gaas cr sensor for transmission electron microscopy |
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