Back to Search
Start Over
A new XRF spectrometer based on a ring-shaped multi-element silicon drift detector and on X-ray capillary optics
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. June, 2002, Vol. 49 Issue 3, p1001, 5 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2002
-
Abstract
- This paper describes an innovative X-ray fluorescence spectrometer designed to achieve high-energy resolution, position resolution, and detection rate in elemental mapping applications. The spectrometer is based on a ring-shaped monolithic array of silicon drift detectors (SDDs) with a hole cut in its center. A coaxial X-ray excitation beam is transported to the sample through this hole. In this way, the solid angle for the collection of the X-ray fluorescence is optimized. Moreover, the X-ray beam is collimated on the sample using capillary optics in order to obtain high photon density in a small excitation spot. Detector, optics, and generator are assembled in a compact vacuum tightened unit. The structure of the proposed spectrometer and the first experimental results of its characterization are presented. Index Terms--Elemental mapping, silicon drift detectors, X-ray optics, XRF, X-ray spectrometry.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00189499
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.93701734