Imaging And Nondispersive Spectroscopy Of Soft X Rays Using A Laboratory X-Ray Charge-Coupled-Device System

Gerard A. Luppino; Natale M. Ceglio; John P. Doty; George R. Ricker; John V. Vallerga

doi:10.1117/12.7974193

1 October 1987 Imaging And Nondispersive Spectroscopy Of Soft X Rays Using A Laboratory X-Ray Charge-Coupled-Device System

Gerard A. Luppino, Natale M. Ceglio, John P. Doty, George R. Ricker, John V. Vallerga

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 26, Issue 10, 261048 (October 1987). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7974193

Abstract

This paper describes the design and performance of a laboratory instrument for imaging and nondispersive spectroscopy of soft x rays (300 eV to 10 keV) utilizing the Texas Instruments TI-4849 virtual-phase CCD. This instrument has achieved a spatial resolution of 22 p.m (limited by pixel size) with an overall array area of 584x390 pixels. It has achieved an energy resolution of ~140 eV FWHM for single-pixel 55Fe x-ray events (5.9 keV) with the CCD operated at -30°C. We have operated the CCD in photon-counting mode at room temperature and have obtained x-ray spectra with an energy resolution of ~450 eV at 5.9 keV. The low energy x-ray sensitivity of the CCD also has been demonstrated by detecting carbon Ka x rays (277 eV).

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Gerard A. Luppino, Natale M. Ceglio, John P. Doty, George R. Ricker, and John V. Vallerga "Imaging And Nondispersive Spectroscopy Of Soft X Rays Using A Laboratory X-Ray Charge-Coupled-Device System," Optical Engineering 26(10), 261048 (1 October 1987). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7974193

Published: 1 October 1987

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