Methods for calibrating the gain and offset of the DSSC detector for the European XFEL using X-ray line sources

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Published 5 January 2016 © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl
, , 17th International Workshop on Radiation Imaging Detectors Citation S. Schlee et al 2016 JINST 11 C01001 DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/C01001

1748-0221/11/01/C01001

Abstract

The DSSC (DEPFET Sensor with Signal Compression) will be a silicon based, 2d 1 Mpx imaging detector for the European X-ray Free Electron Laser Facility (XFEL.EU) in Hamburg, Germany. The DSSC is foreseen for soft X-radiation from 0.5 keV up to 6 keV . Driven by its scientific requirements, the design goals of the detector system are single photon detection, high dynamic range and a high frame rate of up to 4.5 MHz. Signal compression and amplification will be performed in the silicon sensor pixels yielding a low signal noise. Utilizing an in-pixel active filtering stage and an 8/9-bit ADC, the detector will provide parallel read-out of all pixels. In order to calibrate offset and gain, the procedure currently under investigation relies on determining peak positions in measurements with calibration line sources such as 55Fe. Here the status of studies of the stability and performance of a parameterized fit function designed for this task will be presented.

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10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/C01001