First experimental demonstration of time-resolved X-ray measurements with next-generation fast-timing MCP-PMT

UMA collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.02.057

First experimental demonstration of time-resolved X-ray measurements with next-generation fast-timing MCP-PMT

UMA collaboration

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Abstract

We report the first successful time-resolved X-ray measurements at the APS 10-ID-B beamline by coupling ultrafast scintillators with photodetectors. Multiple scintillator and sensor pairs (LYSO, plastic scintillator, dynode PMTs, MCP-PMT), as well as a standalone detector (diamond), were tested to demonstrate the time-resolved measurements using hard X-rays at energies of 20 keV and above. The experimental results show that a number of choices exist for time-resolved high-energy X-ray beam measurement. Notably, by gating the photocathode, the Argonne fabricated fast-timing microchannel plate photomultiplier and LYSO crystal pair achieved fast signal detection with a rise time of ∼6 ns and a decay time of ∼33 ns. These experiments pave the way towards ultrafast imaging technologies using hard X-rays for many applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	287-292
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	927
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.02.057
State	Published - May 21 2019
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The authors would like to thank staffs at APS 10-ID-B for their beamline support. This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory, USA under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 . Work at Argonne National Laboratory was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy , Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics under contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 . Work at Los Alamos National Laboratory was funded by U.S. Department of Energy , National Nuclear Security Administration through the C2 program.

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U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
National Nuclear Security Administration
High Energy Physics
Argonne National Laboratory	DE-AC02-06CH11357

Keywords

Decay time
Hard X-ray imaging
Microchannel plate photomultiplier
Rise time
Ultrafast scintillator crystal and detector

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First experimental demonstration of time-resolved X-ray measurements with next-generation fast-timing MCP-PMT. / UMA collaboration.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 927, 21.05.2019, p. 287-292.

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