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Development of a compact fast CCD camera and resonant soft x-ray scattering endstation for time-resolved pump-probe experiments

Authors :
Zahid Hussain
Devis Contarato
Edward E. Domning
G. Zizka
Curtis L. Cummings
Dionisio Doering
Nord Andresen
John Joseph
Peter Denes
L. Patthey
Yi-De Chuang
John Weizeorick
Wei-Sheng Lee
Chris Ford
M. Weaver
Brian M. Smith
John Pepper
K. Chow
Source :
Review of Scientific Instruments. 82:073303
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
AIP Publishing, 2011.

Abstract

The designs of a compact, fast CCD (cFCCD) camera, together with a resonant soft x-ray scattering endstation, are presented. The cFCCD camera consists of a highly parallel, custom, thick, high-resistivity CCD, readout by a custom 16-channel application specific integrated circuit to reach the maximum readout rate of 200 frames per second. The camera is mounted on a virtual-axis flip stage inside the RSXS chamber. When this flip stage is coupled to a differentially pumped rotary seal, the detector assembly can rotate about 100°/360° in the vertical/horizontal scattering planes. With a six-degrees-of-freedom cryogenic sample goniometer, this endstation has the capability to detect the superlattice reflections from the electronic orderings showing up in the lower hemisphere. The complete system has been tested at the Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and has been used in multiple experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Details

ISSN :
10897623 and 00346748
Volume :
82
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Review of Scientific Instruments
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ca0fe2f3fb76e7be605d46c7804d03e2
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3609862