Capabilities of Medipix2 and Timepix Devices as Detectors for Lobster Eye X-Ray Optics
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2008
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ICSO 2008 Conf. Proc.
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Abstract
The hybrid semiconductor pixel deviceMedipix2 is a single
particle counting detector of ionizing radiation from approx.
3keV of energy. It has small dimensions (256 x 256 square
pixels with pitch of 55 microns) and low power consumption.
This makes the detector suitable for space applications, e.g.
as a detector for an X-ray telescope with a lobster eye optics.
The lobster eye is a type of an X-ray optics using two perpendicular
sets of mirroring plates for focusing. This optics
provides wide field of view. The results of the preliminary
experiments with the Medipix2 detector and the lobster eye
optics are presented and discussed. Tests are performed with
X-rays of energy about 8keV. X-ray source is imaged from
variant positions. Image distortions as function of source position
are described. The field of view and the spatial resolution
are described.
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Cite article as:
V. Tichy, L. Švéda, J. Maršík, J. Jakůbek, V. Semencová, L. Pína, R. Hudec, M. Hromčík, "Capabilities of Medipix2 and Timepix Devices as Detectors for Lobster Eye X-Ray Optics", ICSO 2008 Conf. Proc. (2008)