Pushing x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy beyond the continuous frame rate limit

Opt Express. 2016 Jan 11;24(1):355-64. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.000355.

Abstract

We demonstrate delayed-frame X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy with 120 microsecond time resolution, limited only by sample scattering rates, with a prototype Pixel-array detector capable of taking two image frames separated by 153 ns or less. Although the overall frame rate is currently limited to about 4 frame pairs per second, we easily measured millisecond correlation functions. This technology, coupled to the use of brighter synchrotrons such as Petra III or the NSLS-II should enable X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy on microsecond time scales on a wider variety of materials.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.