The Adaptive Gain Integrating Pixel Detector at the European XFEL. (10th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Allahgholi, Aschkan; Becker, Julian; Delfs, Annette; Dinapoli, Roberto; Goettlicher, Peter; Greiffenberg, Dominic; Henrich, Beat; Hirsemann, Helmut; Kuhn, Manuela; Klanner, Robert; Klyuev, Alexander; Krueger, Hans; Lange, Sabine; Laurus, Torsten; Marras, Alessandro; Mezza, Davide; Mozzanica, Aldo; Niemann, Magdalena; Poehlsen, Jennifer; Schwandt, Joern; Sheviakov, Igor; Shi, Xintian; Smoljanin, Sergej; Steffen, Lothar; Sztuk-Dambietz, Jolanta; Trunk, Ulrich; Xia, Qingqing; Zeribi, Mourad; Zhang, Jiaguo; Zimmer, Manfred; Schmitt, Bernd; Graafsma, Heinz;
• Is Part Of: Journal of synchrotron radiation. Volume 26:Part 1(2019)
• Page Start: 74
• Page End: 82
• Publication Date: 2018-12-10
• Subjects: AGIPD -- X‐ray detector -- European XFEL; Synchrotron radiation -- Periodicals; Free electron lasers -- Periodicals; 539.73505
• DOI: 10.1107/S1600577518016077
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0909-0495

Abstract

Abstract : A description of the 1 million pixel AGIPD system in use at the SPB beamline of the European XFEL is given. Abstract : The Adaptive Gain Integrating Pixel Detector (AGIPD) is an X‐ray imager, custom designed for the European X‐ray Free‐Electron Laser (XFEL). It is a fast, low‐noise integrating detector, with an adaptive gain amplifier per pixel. This has an equivalent noise of less than 1 keV when detecting single photons and, when switched into another gain state, a dynamic range of more than 10 4 photons of 12 keV. In burst mode the system is able to store 352 images while running at up to 6.5 MHz, which is compatible with the 4.5 MHz frame rate at the European XFEL. The AGIPD system was installed and commissioned in August 2017, and successfully used for the first experiments at the Single Particles, Clusters and Biomolecules (SPB) experimental station at the European XFEL since September 2017. This paper describes the principal components and performance parameters of the system.