Stanford University: New detector triples the speed of SLAC’s electron camera, enabling higher sensitivity
- Apr 3
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Researchers reengineered an ePix10k detector for use in ultrafast electron diffraction, empowering studies of chemical processes that were previously out of reach.
An instrument that uses high-energy electrons to take “snapshots” of ultrafast chemical processes at the atomic and molecular level just got a major upgrade.
Researchers have conducted the first experiment using a new detector, installed in the megaelectronvolt ultrafast electron diffraction (MeV-UED) instrument, at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. This detector is the first to keep pace with the MeV-UED’s maximum electron production rate of 1,080 electron pulses per second. Compared to the previous detector’s maximum rate, the new detector collects three times more data over the same time span, drastically improving the instrument’s efficiency and sensitivity.
