Review Article

The Rainwater Memorial Calibration Facility for X-Ray Optics

Table 5

RaMCaF detector specifications. Quoted energy resolution is FWHM. Note that the image area of the EMCCD detector can be tripled using a 3 : 1 taper also available.

Ge detectorSilicon drift detector

Calibration bandpass12–80 keVCalibration bandpass5–25 keV
Energy resolution @ 22 keV715 eVEnergy resolution @ 5.9 keV135 eV
Crystal diameter58 mmCrystal area100 mm2
Crystal thickness48 mmCrystal thickness450 μm
Window thickness0.5 mm (Be)Window thickness25 μm

EMCCD detectorBeam monitor

Calibration bandpassImagingCalibration bandpassN/A

Pixel size μm2Energy resolution @ 5.9 keV149 eV
Image area  mm2Crystal area  mm2
Max readout rate10 MHzCrystal thickness300 μm
Frame rate35–549 fpsWindow thickness25.4 μm