Time-resolved one-dimensional detection of x-ray scattering in pulsed magnetic fields

TL;DR

This paper introduces a fast, one-dimensional Si strip detector capable of capturing time-resolved x-ray diffraction data in pulsed magnetic fields, significantly enhancing data collection efficiency and reciprocal space mapping.

Contribution

The development of a 50 μm-wide Si strip detector with 20 kHz readout for time-resolved x-ray diffraction in pulsed magnetic fields is a novel advancement.

Findings

Improved data collection efficiency over point detectors.

Ability to map reciprocal space during pulsed fields.

Synchronization enables comprehensive field dependence analysis.

Abstract

We have developed an application of a one-dimensional micro-strip detector for capturing x-ray diffraction data in pulsed magnetic fields. This detector consists of a large array of 50 \mu m-wide Si strips with a full-frame read out at 20 kHz. Its use substantially improves data-collection efficiency and quality as compared to point detectors, because diffraction signals are recorded along an arc in reciprocal space in a time-resolved manner. By synchronizing with pulsed fields, the entire field dependence of a two-dimensional swath of reciprocal space may be determined using a small number of field pulses.