Publications (4)
Performance of ePix10K, a high dynamic range, gain auto-ranging pixel detector for FELs
G. Blaj, A. Dragone, C. J. Kenney +17
ePix10K is a hybrid pixel detector developed at SLAC for demanding free-electron laser (FEL) applications, providing an ultrahigh dynamic range (245 eV to 88 MeV) through gain auto…
Detector Damage at X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Sources
G. Blaj, G. Carini, S. Carron +8
Free-electron lasers (FELs) opened a new window on imaging the motion of atoms and molecules. At SLAC, FEL experiments are performed at LCLS using 120 Hz pulses with 10^12 to 10^13…
Optimal pulse processing, pile-up decomposition and applications of silicon drift detectors at LCLS
G. Blaj, C. J. Kenney, A. Dragone +15
Silicon drift detectors (SDDs) revolutionized spectroscopy in fields as diverse as geology and dentistry. For a subset of experiments at ultra-fast, x-ray free-electron lasers (FEL…
Balanced Detection in Femtosecond X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy to Reach the Ultimate Sensitivity Limit
W. F. Schlotter, M. Beye, S. Zohar +21
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a powerful and well established technique with sensitivity to elemental and chemical composition. Despite these advantages, its implementatio…