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most citedHigh Dynamic Range Pixel Array Detector for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

498 citations · 866 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Photoinduced twist and untwist of moiré superlattices in TMDC heterobilayers

C. J. R. Duncan, A. C. Johnson, I. Maity +15

Two-dimensional moiré materials are formed by artificially stacking atomically thin monolayers. A wealth of correlated and topological quantum phases can be engineered via precise…

physics.ins-det2022★ 1 cited

Multi-scale time-resolved electron diffraction: A case study in moiré materials

C. J. R. Duncan, M. Kaemingk, W. H. Li +16

Ultrafast-optical-pump -- structural-probe measurements, including ultrafast electron and x-ray scattering, provide direct experimental access to the fundamental timescales of atom…

physics.ins-det2021

Characterization of 128x128 MM-PAD-2.1 ASIC: A Fast Framing Hard X-Ray Detector with High Dynamic Range

D. Gadkari, K. S. Shanks, H. Hu +4

We characterize a new x-ray Mixed-Mode Pixel Array Detector (MM-PAD-2.1) Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). Using an integrating pixel front-end with dynamic charge re…

physics.ins-det2021★ 77 cited

Very-High Dynamic Range, 10,000 frames/second Pixel Array Detector for Electron Microscopy

Hugh T. Philipp, Mark W. Tate, Katherine S. Shanks +10

Precision and accuracy of quantitative scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) methods such as ptychography, and the mapping of electric, magnetic and strain fields depend…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 1 cited

Transferring Orbital Angular Momentum to an Electron Beam Reveals Toroidal and Chiral Order

Kayla X. Nguyen, Yi Jiang, Michael C. Cao +13

Orbital angular momentum and torque transfer play central roles in a wide range of magnetic textures and devices including skyrmions and spin-torque electronics(1-4). Analogous top…

physics.ins-det2020★ 5 cited

Characterization of an architecture for front-end pixel binning in an integrating pixel array detector

D. Gadkari, K. S. Shanks, H. T. Philipp +3

Optimization of an area detector involves compromises between various parameters like frame rate, read noise, dynamic range and pixel size. We have implemented and tested a novel f…

physics.ins-det2020★ 11 cited

High dynamic range CdTe mixed-mode pixel array detector (MM-PAD) for kilohertz imaging of hard x-rays

Hugh T. Philipp, Mark W. Tate, Katherine S. Shanks +2

A hard x-ray, high-speed, high dynamic range scientific x-ray imager is described. The imager is based on the mixed-mode pixel array detector (MM-PAD) readout chip coupled to a 750…

physics.app-ph2018

Experimental 3D Coherent Diffractive Imaging from photon-sparse random projections

K. Giewekemeyer, A. Aquila, N. D. Loh +17

The routine atomic-resolution structure determination of single particles is expected to have profound implications for probing the structure-function relationship in systems rangi…

physics.app-ph2018★ 126 cited

Strain Mapping of Two-Dimensional Heterostructures with Sub-Picometer Precision

Yimo Han, Kayla Nguyen, Michael Cao +7

Next-generation, atomically thin devices require in-plane, one-dimensional heterojunctions to electrically connect different two-dimensional (2D) materials. However, the lattice mi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018

Deep sub-Ångstrom imaging of 2D materials with a high dynamic range detector

Yi Jiang, Zhen Chen, Yimo Han +9

Aberration-corrected optics have made electron microscopy at atomic-resolution a widespread and often essential tool for nanocharacterization. Image resolution is dominated by beam…

physics.ins-det2017

Theory and Practice of Electron Diffraction from Single Atoms and Extended Objects using an Electron Microscope Pixel Array Detector

Michael C. Cao, Yimo Han, Zhen Chen +5

What does the diffraction pattern from a single atom look like? How does it differ from the scattering from long range potential? With the development of new high-dynamic range pix…

physics.ins-det2017★ 21 cited

Characterization of Chromium Compensated GaAs as an x-ray Sensor Material for Charge-Integrating Pixel Array Detectors

Julian Becker, Mark W. Tate, Katherine S. Shanks +5

We studied the properties of chromium compensated GaAs when coupled to charge integrating ASICs as a function of detector temperature, applied bias and x-ray tube energy. The mater…

physics.ins-det2017★ 10 cited

Sub-Microsecond X-Ray Imaging Using Hole-Collecting Schottky type CdTe with Charge-Integrating Pixel Array Detectors

Julian Becker, Mark W. Tate, Katherine S. Shanks +5

CdTe is increasingly being used as the x-ray sensing material in imaging pixel array detectors for x-rays, generally above 20 keV, where silicon sensors become unacceptably transpa…

physics.ins-det2016★ 39 cited

High Dynamic Range X-ray Detector Pixel Architectures Utilizing Charge Removal

Joel T. Weiss, Katherine S. Shanks, Hugh T. Philipp +5

Several charge integrating CMOS pixel front-ends utilizing charge removal techniques have been fabricated to extend dynamic range for x-ray diffraction applications at synchrotron…

physics.ins-det2016★ 27 cited

Characterization of CdTe Sensors with Schottky Contacts Coupled to Charge-Integrating Pixel Array Detectors for X-Ray Science

Julian Becker, Mark W. Tate, Katherine S. Shanks +6

Pixel Array Detectors (PADs) consist of an x-ray sensor layer bonded pixel-by-pixel to an underlying readout chip. This approach allows both the sensor and the custom pixel electro…

physics.ins-det2015★ 498 cited

High Dynamic Range Pixel Array Detector for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Mark W. Tate, Prafull Purohit, Darol Chamberlain +13

We describe a hybrid pixel array detector (EMPAD - electron microscope pixel array detector) adapted for use in electron microscope applications, especially as a universal detector…

physics.data-an2013★ 39 cited

Real-Space x-ray tomographic reconstruction of randomly oriented objects with sparse data frames

Kartik Ayyer, Hugh T. Philipp, Mark W. Tate +2

Schemes for X-ray imaging single protein molecules using new x-ray sources, like x-ray free electron lasers (XFELs), require processing many frames of data that are obtained by tak…

physics.ins-det2012

Solving Structure with Sparse, Randomly-Oriented X-ray Data

Hugh T. Philipp, Kartik Ayyer, Mark W. Tate +2

Single-particle imaging experiments of biomolecules at x-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) require processing of hundreds of thousands (or more) of images that contain very few x-ra…

cond-mat1993★ 11 cited

Pressure Induced Hydration Dynamics of Membranes

F. Osterberg, M. Kriechbaum, A. Polcyn +5

Pressure-jump initiated time-resolved x-ray diffraction studies of dynamics of the hydration of the hexagonal phase in biological membranes show that (i) the relaxation of the unit…