Energy-dependent dead-time correction in digital pulse processors applied to silicon drift detector's X-ray spectra

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 484-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suelen F. Barros ◽  
Vito R. Vanin ◽  
Alexandre A. Malafronte ◽  
Nora L. Maidana ◽  
Marcos N. Martins
Keyword(s):  
Dead Time ◽  
Pulse Height ◽  
Height Distribution ◽  
Pulse Height Distribution ◽  
Dead Time Correction ◽  
Time Model ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Digital Pulse ◽  
Analytical Correction ◽  
Energy Dependent

Dead-time effects in X-ray spectra taken with a digital pulse processor and a silicon drift detector were investigated when the number of events at the low-energy end of the spectrum was more than half of the total, at counting rates up to 56 kHz. It was found that dead-time losses in the spectra are energy dependent and an analytical correction for this effect, which takes into account pulse pile-up, is proposed. This and the usual models have been applied to experimental measurements, evaluating the dead-time fraction either from the calculations or using the value given by the detector acquisition system. The energy-dependent dead-time model proposed fits accurately the experimental energy spectra in the range of counting rates explored in this work. A selection chart of the simplest mathematical model able to correct the pulse-height distribution according to counting rate and energy spectrum characteristics is included.

A Universal Detector for the X-Ray Spectrograph

1958 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 293-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Kiley
Keyword(s):  
Entire Range ◽  
Pulse Height ◽  
Height Distribution ◽  
Pulse Height Distribution ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Universal Detector ◽  
Detector Arrangement

AbstractA detector arrangement has been developed which will give nearly 100% efficiency over the entire range of wavelengths normally used in X-ray spectroscopy, including radiation from Mg Kα. A description of this counter is given and data obtained on pulse height distribution and pulse amplitudes will be discussed. Results obtained with typical specimens will be shown.

Evaluation of the Energy Dispersive Detector as a Detector-Filter System for the X-Ray Diffractometer

1972 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 322-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davis Carpenter ◽  
John Thatcher
Keyword(s):  
Scintillation Detector ◽  
Pulse Height ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Energy Dispersive ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Height Distribution ◽  
Pulse Height Distribution ◽  
Pulse Height Analyzer ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Detector Pulse

AbstractA comparison of the relative merits of the energy dispersive derector-pulse height analyzer, scintillation detector-graphite monochromator, and proportional detector-pulse height analyzer combinations.Typical energy dispersive detectors are not configured for maximum efficiency on the diffractometer. Being only on the order of 3 mm diameter, a good deal of the available information is not collected by the detector. This is especially true with the Wide optics found in modern diffractometers. The energy dispersive detector incorporated into this system is optimized for the x-ray diffractometer. Its detection area is a 1.25 X 0.25 inch rectangle. The resolution is only sufficient to remove the Kβ portion of the spectrum.Conventional diffractometer techniques incorporate either a scintillation detector-crystal monochromator, or a proportional detector-pulse height analyser combination. The question posed is “what are the advantages in signal to noise ratio and pulse height distribution of the energy dispersive-pulse height analyzer over the more conventional arrangements.”

Comparison of Experimental Techniques to Improve Peak to Background Ratios in X-ray Powder Diffractometry

1988 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 601-607
Author(s):  
William K. Istone ◽  
John C. Russ ◽  
William D. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Pyrolytic Graphite ◽  
Pulse Height ◽  
Phase Identification ◽  
Height Distribution ◽  
Pulse Height Distribution ◽  
Digital Pulse ◽  
Qualitative Phase ◽  
Analysis Determination

AbstractHigh peak to background ratios are especially important in powder diffractometry when attempting to identify minor phases in a sample or improving the limit of detection in quantitative determinations. Instrumental techniques to improve peak to background generally involve the employment of monochromatic or partially monochromatic radiation through the use of filters, crystal monochrometers, or pulse height discriminators.In this study, a digital pulse height discriminator, configured as a card in a personal computer (Apple IIe) with appropriate software, is used in conjunction with a scintillation detector to improve peak to background ratios. The software allows the pulse height distribution to be scanned and the optimum pulse height window to be set for a given set of sample and instrumental conditions. Results obtained by this technique are directly compared with results obtained using a pyrolytic graphite monochrometer and beta filters. Examples cited include qualitative phase identification in both fluorescent and non-fluorescent samples and semi-micro quantitative analysis (determination of airborne silica).

Erroneous Peaks in Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectra

1975 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 161-165
Author(s):  
J. C. Russ
Keyword(s):  
Dead Time ◽  
Pulse Height ◽  
Energy Dispersive ◽  
Dead Time Correction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Detector Geometry ◽  
Time Correction ◽  
Amplifier Design ◽  
Fluorescence Spectrometer ◽  
Selection Of

The necessary first step in using an x-ray fluorescence spectrometer for quantitative analysis is to obtain the intensities for the various elements. With a wavelength dispersive system this usually requires simply setting the crystal to the proper angle (and possibly adjusting the pulse height selector) and making a dead-time correction. With the energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence analyzer it is necessary to take into account the presence of erroneous peaks in the spectrum, to obtain true intensity values.False peaks due to diffraction of white tube radiation from the sample can usually be shifted to portions of the energy spectrum where they do not interfere with emission lines of interest by selection of the proper tube-sample-detector geometry. Modern amplifier design provides a built – in dead time correction and greatly reduces the effects of pulse-pile-up, although the latter phenomenon will still produce small peaks at exact multiples of major peaks.

Development of the Detector Response Function Approach for the Library Least-Squares Analysis of Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectra

1978 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Wielopolski ◽  
R. P. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Response Function ◽  
Fluorescence Spectra ◽  
Pulse Height ◽  
Energy Dispersive ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Detector Response ◽  
Height Distribution ◽  
Pulse Height Distribution ◽  
X Ray

A procedure to obtain analytical models for the elemental X-ray pulse-height distribution libraries necessary in the library least-squares analysis of energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectra is outlined. This is accomplished by first obtaining the response function of Si(Li) detectors for incident photons in the energy range of interest. Subsequently this response function is used to generate the desired elemental library standards for use in the least-squares analysis of spectra, or it can be used directly within a least-squares computer program, thus eliminating the large amount of computer storage required for the standards.

THE RESOLUTION CORRECTION IN THE SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY OF CONTINUOUS X RAYS

1958 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 1624-1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. R. Dixon ◽  
J. H. Aitken
Keyword(s):  
Integral Equation ◽  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Numerical Methods ◽  
Analytical Procedure ◽  
Pulse Height ◽  
Matrix Inversion ◽  
Height Distribution ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Smooth Solutions ◽  
Pulse Height Distribution

The problem of making resolution corrections in the scintillation spectrometry of continuous X rays is discussed. Analytical solutions are given to the integral equation which describes the effect of the statistical spread in pulse height. The practical necessity of making some kind of numerical analysis is pointed out. Difficulties with numerical methods arise from the fact that the observed pulse-height distribution cannot be defined precisely. As a result it is possible in practice only to find smooth "solutions". Additional difficulties arise if the numerical method is based on an invalid analytical procedure. For example matrix inversion is of doubtful value in making the resolution correction because there does not appear to be an inverse kernel for the integral equation in question.

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