XPAD: a hybrid pixel detector for X-ray diffraction and diffusion

Currently available 2D detectors do not allow full use of the high flux and high brilliance of third generation synchrotron sources. Strong efforts are therefore being made to develop 2D detectors with improved performances. In this paper, we present results obtained from a prototype photon counting detector with high dynamical range, high counting rate and short read-out time. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.