Time Resolved X-Ray Detection

Abstract

The goal of the project was to design, develop and construct an x-ray detector with high sensitivity and picosecond time resolution. This was achieved. A Ford Aerospace Charged Coupled Device, CCD, was utilized as the x- ray sensitive material around which the design and construction of the picosecond x-ray detector was built this device has now become a commercial product sold, among other companies, by Photometrics Inc., and Princeton Research Inc. In addition we designed and built the first picosecond x-ray system. This system was utilized for the first ever picosecond x-ray diffraction experiments. The picosecond x-ray system was utilized in the oxidative fuel cell project to measure the decomposition of methanol and the change of the structure of its platinum catalyst. Another direct product of the work is the publication of 36 papers, in major scientific journals, and two patents.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 20, 1994
Accession Number
ADA279348

Entities

People

  • Peter M. Rentzepis

Organizations

  • University of California, Irvine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystal Lattices
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Electron Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Light Pulses
  • Metamaterial Absorbers
  • Quantum Yields
  • Radiation
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Detectors
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Space