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New Developments in Superconducting Tunnel Junction X-Ray Spectrometers for Synchrotron Science

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We are developing Ta-based superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) X-ray detectors for high-resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy at the synchrotron. For scaling to large detector arrays, we have also built a compact, low-cost, remote-controllable preamplifier with <3 eV electronic noise. Current Ta-STJs attain an energy resolution between 6.5 and 9 eV FWHM for energies up to ∼2 keV, and can be operated at rates up to ∼5,000 counts/s as long as the signals decay with a single exponential time constant.

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This paper is based upon work partially supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Awards Number DE-SC0006214 and DE-SC0002256. Part of this work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

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  1. Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, CA, 94550, USA

    Stephan Friedrich, Matthew H. Carpenter & Owen B. Drury

  2. University of California, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA, 95616, USA

    Matthew H. Carpenter

  3. XIA LLC, 31057 Genstar Road, Hayward, CA, 94544, USA

    William K. Warburton & Jackson Harris

  4. STAR Cryoelectronics, 25-A Bisbee Court, Santa Fe, NM, 87508, USA

    John Hall & Robin Cantor

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Friedrich, S., Carpenter, M.H., Drury, O.B. et al. New Developments in Superconducting Tunnel Junction X-Ray Spectrometers for Synchrotron Science. J Low Temp Phys 167, 741–747 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0569-8

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