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JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages 180-194Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1107/S0909049506000550
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X-ray imaging; scintillator; LPE; sol-gel; microtomography; microscopy; CCD
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X-ray detectors for imaging with a spatial resolution in the micrometer and submicrometer range have been developed at synchrotron radiation sources since 1996. The detectors consist of a scintillator, a light microscopy optic and a charge-coupled device ( CCD). The scintillator converts part of the X-ray stopped by a material into a visible-light image which is projected onto the CCD by the light optics. A resolution of 0.5 mu m FWHM has been achieved using a 1 mu m-thick europium-doped Lu3Al5O12 film. The detective quantum efficiency of the detector is mainly limited by the low absorption of X-rays in the thin layer of the scintillator. To increase the absorption, and therefore reduce the exposure time, new scintillators ( Lu2O3: Eu3+, Gd2O3: Eu3+, Lu2SiO5: Ce, Gd3Ga5O12: Eu3+, CdWO4) have been investigated. These were fabricated using sol-gel and liquid-phase epitaxy processes. Finally, the first fast microtomography experiment including radiation hardness of the optic is shown. This detector uses a high-intensity white beam with 60 keV effective energy and a fast CCD camera at up to 60 frames s(-1).
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