Direct soft x-ray response of a charge-coupled image sensor
Abstract
To determine the feasibility of actively recovering data from x-ray imaging instruments used in the laser fusion program of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, we have used a commercial, silicon video sensor to detect patterns of soft x rays (1-8 keV). The sensor is a two-dimensional, frame transfer, charge-coupled device (CCD), modified to allow direct access of x rays to the sensitive silicon. We discuss the x-ray sensitivity, linearity, and dynamic range of the CCD.
- Publication:
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Review of Scientific Instruments
- Pub Date:
- June 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1135104
- Bibcode:
- 1977RScI...48..669K
- Keywords:
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- Charge Coupled Devices;
- Imaging Techniques;
- Laser Fusion;
- X Ray Apparatus;
- Calibrating;
- Controlled Fusion;
- Feasibility Analysis;
- Silicon Radiation Detectors;
- Television Cameras;
- Instrumentation and Photography;
- 28.50.Re;
- 52.50.Jm;
- 07.85.+n;
- Plasma production and heating by laser beams