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20122026
most citedHard X-ray Transient Grating Spectroscopy on Bismuth Germanate

69 citations · 301 across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Enhanced micrometre spatial resolution and usable photon flux for hybrid pixel detectors via deep-learning-based X-ray localization

Xiangyu Xie, Anna Bergamaschi, Martin Brückner +30

Micrometre spatial resolution is achieved for X-rays with the MÖNCH detector, a charge-integrating hybrid pixel detector with a 25 μm pixel pitch, by exploiting charge sharing betw…

physics.ins-det2026

Non-destructive 3D doping imaging of silicon sensors

Xiangyu Xie, Anna Bergamaschi, Maria Carulla +9

Silicon sensors are the foundational detection medium for X-rays and charged particles. While their bulk dopant distribution determines device performance, it is conventionally ass…

physics.ins-det2025

High frame rate RIXS spectroscopy using a JUNGFRAU detector with an iLGAD sensor

Nuno Duarte, Loïc Le Guyader, Viktoria Hinger +17

Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) is a powerful photon-in, photon-out spectroscopy technique for probing electronic, magnetic, and lattice excitations in matter. Time-reso…

physics.ins-det2025

Improved Pixel-wise Calibration for Charge-Integrating Hybrid Pixel Detectors with Performance Validation

X. Xie, A. Bergamaschi, M. Brückner +29

The MÖNCH hybrid pixel detector, with a 25 \textmu m pixel pitch and fast charge-integrating readout, has demonstrated subpixel resolution capabilities for X-ray imaging and deep l…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

3D atomic structure determination with ultrashort-pulse MeV electron diffraction

Vincent Hennicke, Max Hachmann, Paul Benjamin Klar +22

Understanding structure at the atomic scale is fundamental for the development of materials with improved properties. Compared to other probes providing atomic resolution, electron…

physics.ins-det2025

Optimization and validation of charge transport simulation for hybrid pixel detectors incorporating the repulsion effect

X. Xie, A. Bergamaschi, M. Brückner +27

For emerging applications of hybrid pixel detectors which require high spatial resolution, e.g., subpixel interpolation in X-ray imaging and deep learning-based electron localizati…

physics.ins-det2025★ 6 cited

Single-photon counting pixel detector for soft X-rays

Filippo Baruffaldi, Anna Bergamaschi, Maurizio Boscardin +14

Soft X-ray experiments at synchrotron light sources are essential for a wide range of research fields. However, commercially available detectors for this energy range often cannot…

physics.ins-det2024

Optimizing Charge Transport Simulation for Hybrid Pixel Detectors

X. Xie, R. Barten, A. Bergamaschi +23

To enhance the spatial resolution of the MÖNCH 25 \textmu m pitch hybrid pixel detector, deep learning models have been trained using both simulation and measurement data. Challeng…

cond-mat.str-el2023★ 3 cited

A set-up for Hard X-ray Time-resolved Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering at SwissFEL

Hui-Yuan Chen, Rolf B. Versteeg, Michele Puppin +15

We present a new set up for resonant inelastic hard X-ray scattering at the Bernina beamline of SwissFEL with energy, momentum, and temporal resolution. The compact R=0.5 m Johann-…

physics.ins-det2023★ 6 cited

Characterization of iLGADs using soft X-rays

Antonio Liguori, Rebecca Barten, Filippo Baruffaldi +31

Experiments at synchrotron radiation sources and X-ray Free-Electron Lasers in the soft X-ray energy range (eV--keV) stand to benefit from the adaptation of the hybrid sili…

physics.ins-det2022★ 2 cited

Detection of MeV electrons using a charge integrating hybrid pixel detector

E. Fröjdh, F. Baruffaldi, A. Bergamaschi +13

Electrons are emerging as a strong complement to X-rays for diffraction based studies. In this paper we investigate the performance of a JUNGFRAU detector with 320 um thick silicon…

physics.ins-det2022★ 24 cited

Development of LGAD sensors with a thin entrance window for soft X-ray detection

Jiaguo Zhang, Rebecca Barten, Filippo Baruffaldi +26

We show the developments carried out to improve the silicon sensor technology for the detection of soft X-rays with hybrid X-ray detectors. An optimization of the entrance window t…

physics.optics2021★ 69 cited

Hard X-ray Transient Grating Spectroscopy on Bismuth Germanate

Jeremy R. Rouxel, Danny Fainozzi, Roman Mankowsky +44

Optical-domain Transient Grating (TG) spectroscopy is a versatile background-free four-wave-mixing technique used to probe vibrational, magnetic and electronic degrees of freedom i…

physics.ins-det2021★ 14 cited

Design and first tests of the Gotthard-II readout ASIC for the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

Jiaguo Zhang, Marie Andrae, Rebecca Barten +20

Gotthard-II is a charge-integrating microstrip detector developed for experiments and diagnostics at free-electron lasers using hard X-rays of 5 keV - 20 keV. Thanks to its excelle…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 67 cited

Strain Wave Pathway to Semiconductor-to-Metal Transition revealed by time resolved X-ray powder diffraction

C. Mariette, M. Lorenc, H. Cailleau +42

Thanks to the remarkable developments of ultrafast science, one of today's challenges is to modify material state by controlling with a light pulse the coherent motions that connec…

physics.ins-det2019★ 57 cited

Megapixels @ Megahertz -- The AGIPD High-Speed Cameras for the European XFEL

Ulrich Trunk, Aschkan Allahgholi, Julian Becker +23

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 10 Hz. The pulses inside t…

physics.ins-det2018

The Adaptive Gain Integrating Pixel Detector at the European XFEL

Aschkan Allahgholi, Julian Becker, Annette Delfs +29

The Adaptive Gain Integrating Pixel Detector (AGIPD) is an x-ray imager, custom designed for the European x-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL). It is a fast, low noise integrating dete…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 1 cited

Femtosecond phase-transition in hard x-ray excited bismuth

M. Makita, I. Vartiainen, I. Mohacs +19

The evolution of the bismuth crystal structure upon excitation of its A phonon has been intensely studied with short pulse optical lasers. Here we present the first-time obs…

physics.ins-det2017★ 15 cited

Towards Gotthard-II: Development of A Silicon Microstrip Detector for the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

Jiaguo Zhang, Marie Andrä, Rebecca Barten +18

Gotthard-II is a 1-D microstrip detector specifically developed for the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser. It will not only be used in energy dispersive experiments but also as a…

physics.ins-det2017★ 6 cited

Performance Evaluation of the Analogue Front-End and ADC Prototypes for the Gotthard-II Development

Jiaguo Zhang, Marie Andrä, Rebecca Barten +18

Gotthard-II is a silicon microstrip detector developed for the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL.EU). Its potential scientific applications include X-ray absorption/emission…

physics.ins-det2013★ 3 cited

Challenges for the Adaptive Gain Integrating Pixel Detector (AGIPD) design due to the high intensity photon radiation environment at the European XFEL

J. Becker, L. Bianco, P. Göttlicher +17

The European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) is a new research facility currently under construction in Hamburg, Germany. With a pulse length of less than 100 fs and an extremely…

physics.ins-det2012★ 28 cited

The single photon sensitivity of the Adaptive Gain Integrating Pixel Detector

Julian Becker, Dominic Greiffenberg, Ulrich Trunk +6

Single photon sensitivity is an important property of certain detection systems. This work investigated the single photon sensitivity of the Adaptive Gain Integrating Pixel Detecto…