Measurements of charge transfer efficiency in a proton-irradiated swept charge device

Charged Coupled Devices (CCDs) have been successfully used in several low energy X-ray astronomical satellites over the past two decades. Their high energy resolution and high spatial resolution make them a perfect tool for low energy astronomy, such as observing the formation of galaxy clusters and the environment around black holes. The Low Energy X-ray Telescope (LE) group is developing a Swept Charge Device (SCD) for the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) satellite. A SCD is a special low energy X-ray CCD, which can be read out a thousand times faster than traditional CCDs, simultaneously keeping excellent energy resolution. A test method for measuring the charge transfer efficiency (CTE) of a prototype SCD has been set up. Studies of the charge transfer inefficiency (CTI) with a proton-irradiated SCD have been performed at a range of operating temperatures. The SCD is irradiated by 3×10⁸cm^-2 10 MeV protons.     

The Low Energy X-ray telescope (LE) onboard the Insight-HXMT astronomy satellite

The Low Energy X-ray telescope(LE) is one of the three main instruments of the Insight-Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope(Insight-HXMT). It is equipped with Swept Charge Device(SCD) sensor arrays with a total geometrical area of 384 cm^2 and an energy band from 0.7 to 13 ke V. In order to evaluate the particle induced X-ray background and the cosmic X-ray background simultaneously, LE adopts collimators to define four types of Field Of Views(FOVs), i.e., 1.6°×6°, 4°×6°, 50°-60°×2°-6 oand the blocked ones which block the X-ray by an aluminum cover. LE is constituted of three detector boxes(LEDs) and an electric control box(LEB) and achieves a good energy resolution of 140 e V@5.9 ke V, an excellent time resolution of 0.98 ms, as well as an extremely low pileup(<1%@18000 cts/s). Detailed performance tests and calibration on the ground have been performed,including energy-channel relation, energy response, detection efficiency and time response.     

Temperature Effects of CsI(Tl) Crystal Detector with APD Readout

The temperature dependences of the light output of CsI(Tl) crystal grown at IMP and of the gain of the Hamamatsu S8664-1010 avalanche photodiode (APD) have been investigated systematically. The light output of the CsI(Tl) crystal increases with temperature by 0.67%/℃ in the region from －2℃ to 8℃, and by 0.33%/℃ in the region from 8℃ to 25℃, while the gain of the tested APD decreases by －3.68%/℃ (working voltage 400V) on average in the room temperature range. The best energy resolution 5.1% of the CsI(Tl) with APD was obtained for the 662keV γ ray from ¹³⁷Cs radiation source.     

硬X射线调制望远镜低能探测器量子效率标定

低能X射线望远镜是硬X射线调制望远镜卫星的主要载荷之一,探测器采用CCD236.探测器的量子效率会影响能谱拟合和绝对流量,有必要对其进行标定.利用~(55)Fe放射源,以硅漂移探测器为标准探测器,标定了CCD236在Mn-K_α(5.899 keV)和Mn-K_β(6.497 keV)能量点处的量子效率,此能段在Fe线附近,对X射线天文观测有重要价值.考虑探测器的分裂事例后,Mn-K_α和Mn-K_β处的量子效率分别为71%和62%.在-95—-30?C工作温度范围内,CCD量子效率与温度无关.利用CCD236的结构及实测的量子效率,不考虑沟阻影响,得到耗尽层厚度为38μm.对CCD236施加不同的电压,其量子效率基本不变,表明其在两相驱动下高低电平的耗尽层厚度相等,进而说明CCD236一直工作在深耗尽状态,其耗尽层到了外延层和衬底层边界,已达最大值.     

神光Ⅲ激光装置直接驱动内爆靶产生的连续谱X光源

激光驱动的内爆靶通过轫致辐射过程可以产生覆盖1—100 keV能区的小尺寸、短脉冲和高亮度的光滑连续谱X光源,可用于高密度等离子体的点投影照相和吸收谱诊断等.本文对30—180 k J输出能量的神光Ⅲ激光装置直接驱动氘氚冷冻靶产生的连续谱X光源辐射特性进行了模拟研究,为优化内爆光源提供物理基础.采用了美国OMEGA激光装置和美国国家点火装置(NIF)使用的定标率来给出不同驱动能量时的靶参数和激光脉冲参数.研究发现,内爆靶丸在停滞阶段瞬时的密度和温度剧增可以产生尺寸约100μm、发光时间约150 ps的X光脉冲;X光辐射主要产生于被压缩的氘氚冰壳层内侧、而不是中心的高温气体热斑区;等离子体的自吸收可以显著降低1—3 keV的较低能区的X光发射,但对更高能区没有影响;X光辐射主要集中在30 keV的较低能区,氘氚聚变反应可以增强30 keV的硬X光辐射、但对30 keV的较软的X光辐射没有明显贡献.     

硫化温度对ZnS薄膜生长质量的影响

采用热反应法对玻璃衬底上以磁控溅射制备的Zn薄膜进行硫化,制备出ZnS薄膜。薄膜的微观结构、物相结构和表面形貌分别采用正电子湮没技术（PAT）、X射线衍射仪（XRD）、扫描电子显微镜（SEM）进行分析和表征。利用慢正电子湮没多普勒展宽对四个不同硫化温度下得到的ZnS薄膜样品中膜层结构缺陷进行研究,测量了薄膜中的空位型微观缺陷的相对浓度,指出445℃硫化样品中正电子注入能量在1.5~4.5 keV后S参数最小,说明该硫化温度下反应生成的ZnS薄膜结构缺陷浓度最小,膜的致密度最高。XRD结果显示薄膜在445℃以上硫化后,呈（111）择优生长趋势。从扫描电镜的结果也可以看出,在445℃硫化后,薄膜的晶粒明显地变得更大、更致密,这是因为ZnS晶胞比Zn晶胞大以及硫化过程中ZnS固相再结晶的缘故。ZnS thin films have been prepared by sulfurizing zinc thin films deposited on glass substrate by magnetron sputtering for two hours. The microstructure defects, crystallizations and surface morphology of zinc films sulfurized at different temperature were analyzed by PAT (positron annihilation technique), XRD(X-ray diffraction) and SEM (Scanning electron microscopy), respectively. For analyzing the structure defect of four samples with different sulfurization temperature, PAT has been used to obtain the relative concentration of defects. With the positron energy range of 1.5~4.5 keV, the S parameter of ZnS films is minimum. It demonstrates that ZnS films produced at 445℃ have the minimum structural defect concentration and the highest density. XRD results show that films are blende structure with the preference of (111) orientation above 445℃. And from the result of SEM, because of ZnS films recrystallization, the crystal grains obviously become large and dense at 445℃.     

On the properties of photovoltaic X-ray detectors based on GaAs epitaxial structures

Operation of a new photovoltaic detector of X-ray bremsstrahlung based on GaAs epitaxial structures at room temperature without bias is studied. The efficiency of the absorbed energy conversion into short-circuit current is calculated from the measured photoresponses for the photon energies in the range from 12 to 120 keV. In this energy range, the absorption in GaAs is governed by photoelectric effect. The efficiency of the X-ray bremsstrahlung energy conversion in GaAs peaks at 80 keV. It is suggested that the X-ray absorption of a thin 50-μm detector can be enhanced by applying an inclined irradiation scheme. The effect is most pronounced in the region of hard X-rays.     

A study of the pointed observation methods and sensitivity of HXMT

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is an X-ray astronomy satellite consisting of three slat-collimated instruments, the High Energy X-ray Instrument (HE), the Medium Energy X-ray Instrument (ME), and the Low Energy X-ray Instrument (LE). HXMT will carry out an all sky survey and make pointed observations in the 1-250 keV energy band. In order to get the source and background fluxes simultaneously in the pointed observations, two methods, i.e., the combined field of view (FOV) method and the off-axis pointing method are proposed in this paper. Comprehensive analyses of the sensitivities of the three instruments by using these two methods are presented, respectively. It is found that the off-axis pointing method has a higher sensitivity for HE and ME but a lower sensitivity for LE. Since the axes of the three instruments are aligned along the same direction, the off-axis pointing method is recommended as the main method in the pointed observation for HXMT; the combined FOV method can be used when LE is the most relevant instrument in order to satisfy the scientific objective of the observation.     

分布式反馈激光器模拟控温检测系统研制

温度对分布式反馈(DFB)激光器的性能指标和工作寿命有着重要影响。针对宽温度范围下的激光器应用,分析了激光器温控系统的研究现状及趋势,给出了温控系统的设计原理,采用线性驱动与PID闭环控制方法,应用模拟器件,研制了一种DFB激光器的模拟控温检测系统,并利用该系统对1550 nm的DFB激光器进行了试验验证。结果表明,系统在?55 ℃～70 ℃的全温度范围下,保持长时间工作（≥2 h）,激光器的工作状态稳定,中心波长未出现漂移。系统的温度控制精度随着工作环境温度的范围不同而有所差异,在室温环境下可达到±0.02 ℃,在全温范围内控制精度在±0.8 ℃以内,跟踪误差小于±0.5 dB。与传统的激光器温控系统相比,本系统工作温度范围宽、控制精度高,且体积小、成本低、简单可靠,对于温度环境要求较为严苛的DFB激光器应用场景,具有重要的工程实践意义。     

Ti-2Al-2.5Zr合金He离子辐照效应研究

 在Ti-2Al-2.5Zr合金中注入能量为75 keV的He离子，注入剂量分别为5×10¹⁶cm^-2，1×10¹⁷ cm^-2。通过显微硬度测量和剖面电子显微观察，研究了He离子对Ti-2Al-2.5Zr合金力学性能和显微组织的影响。结果表明:样品的显微硬度随He离子注量的增加而升高，在温度为350和550 ℃的Ar气中退火后硬度有所下降。剖面电子显微观察发现有位错环和He气泡生成，退火后He气泡有长大、缺陷有回复的趋势。辐照产生的位错环是辐照后硬度升高的直接原因，其退火发生回复又引起硬度随退火温度的升高而降低。     

低温退火的X射线W/Si多层膜应力和结构性能

W/Si多层膜反射镜在硬X射线天文望远镜中有重要应用. 为减小其应力对反射镜面形和望远镜分辨率的影响, 同时保证较高的反射率, 采用150, 175和200 ℃ 的低温退火工艺对采用磁控溅射镀制的W/Si周期多层膜进行后处理. 利用掠入射X射线反射测试和样品表面面形测试对退火前后W/Si多层膜的应力和结构进行表征. 结果表明, 在150 ℃ 退火3 h 后, 多层膜1级峰反射率和膜层结构几乎没有发生变化, 应力减少约27%; 在175 ℃ 退火3 h后, 多层膜膜层结构开始发生变化, 应力减少约50%; 在200 ℃退火3 h 后, 多层膜应力减小超过60%, 但1级布拉格峰反射率相对下降17%, 且膜层结构发生了较大变化. W, Si界面层的增大和相互扩散加剧是应力和反射率下降的主要原因.     

Influence of a carbon over-coat on the X-ray reflectance of XEUS mirrors

We describe measurements of the X-ray reflectance in the range 2-10 keV of samples representative of coated silicon wafers that are proposed for the fabrication of the X-ray evolving universe spectrometer (XEUS) mission. We compare the reflectance of silicon samples coated with bare Pt, with that for samples with an additional 10 nm thick carbon over-coating. We demonstrate a significant improvement in reflectance in the energy range ∼1-4 keV, and at a grazing incidence angle of 10 mrad (0.57°). We consider the resulting effective area that could be attained with an optimized design of the XEUS telescope. Typically an improvement of 10-60% in effective area, depending on photon energy, can be achieved using the carbon overcoat.     

Detailed calibration of the PI-LCX:1300 high performance single photon counting hard x-ray CCD camera

X-ray charge-coupled-device(CCD) camera working in single photon counting mode is a type of x-ray spectrometer with high-sensitivity and superior signal-to-noise performance. In this study, two single photon counting CCD cameras with the same mode(model: PI-LCX: 1300) are calibrated with quasi-monochromatic x-rays from radioactive sources and a conventional x-ray tube. The details of the CCD response to x-rays are analyzed by using a computer program of multi-pixel analyzing and event-distinguishing capability. The detection efficiency, energy resolution, fraction of multi-pixel events each as a function of x-ray energy, and consistence of two CCD cameras are obtained. The calibrated detection efficiency is consistent with the detection efficiency from Monte Carlo calculations with XOP program. When the multi-pixel event analysis is applied, the CCDs may be used to measure x-rays up to 60 ke V with good energy resolution(E /?E ≈ 100 at60 ke V). The difference in detection efficiency between two CCD cameras is small(5.6% at 5.89 ke V), but the difference in fraction of the single pixel event between them is much larger(25% at 8.04 ke V). The obtained small relative error of detection efficiency(2.4% at 5.89 ke V) makes the high accurate measurement of x-ray yield possible in the laser plasma interaction studies. Based on the discrete calibration results, the calculated detection efficiency with XOP can be used for the whole range of 5 ke V–30 ke V.     

Cascaded dual-channel fiber SPR temperature sensor based on liquid and solid encapsulations

In order to control the working wavelength range of the fiber surface plasmon resonance(SPR) temperature sensor and realize the wavelength division multiplexing type multi-channel fiber SPR temperature sensor, by comprehensively investigating the influence of liquids with different thermal-optical coefficients and solid packaging materials on the performance of fiber SPR temperature sensor, a dual-channel fiber SPR temperature sensor based on liquid–solid cascade encapsulation was designed and fabricated. The liquid temperature sensing stage encapsulated in capillary worked in 616.03 nm–639.05 nm band, the solid sensing stage coated with pouring sealant worked in 719.37 nm–825.27 nm band, and the two stages were cascaded to form a fiber dual-channel temperature sensor. The testing results indicated that when the temperature range was 35℃–95℃, the sensitivity of two-stage temperature detection was -0.384 nm/℃and -1.765 nm/℃ respectively. The proposed fiber sensor has simple fabrication and excellent performance which can be widely used in various fields of dual-channel temperature measurement and temperature compensation.     

Lucy-Richardson迭代解谱在X射线荧光分析的应用

硬X射线调制望远镜是我国第一颗X射线天文卫星,其载荷低能X射线望远镜采用了SCD型探测器CCD236,主要对能量在0.7～13.0 keV的软X射线光子进行观测。卫星发射前,需要对探测器进行详细的性能标定,其中包括能量响应矩阵的标定。能量响应矩阵是能谱分析的关键。CCD236探测器输出能谱并不是观测光源的真实发射谱,而是发射谱与探测器能量响应矩阵的卷积结果。一般可以通过直接反卷积的方法还原光源的真实能谱。解谱过程可以看作是一维成像问题,利用能量响应矩阵与输出能谱进行反卷积解谱。常用的反卷积算法为Lucy-Richardson迭代算法,其利用条件几率的贝氏定理反复进行运算,进而对输出能谱进行反解,得到观测光源的真实发射能谱。通过能量响应矩阵对CCD236探测器的55Fe测量能谱进行解谱。经过解谱,能谱的能量分辨从144.3 eV提升到了65.6 eV@5.9 keV,连续谱成分被明显地抑制,提高了能谱的峰背比。反解能谱由两个半峰全宽很小的（<70.0 eV）高斯峰组成,两成分的强度比为8.4,能够很好地表征真实发射谱的结构。利用这种方法可对材料X射线荧光谱进行解谱,还原材料的荧光谱,提高能谱的能量分辨。反解结果中主要元素各类荧光线通过解谱彼此独立,能谱峰背比很高,可以很好地用于X射线荧光分析中,提高荧光谱的质量。     

Investigation of GEM-Micromegas detector on X-ray beam of synchrotron radiation

To reduce the discharge of the standard bulk Micromegas and GEM detectors, a GEM-Micromegas detector was developed at the Institute of High Energy Physics. Taking into account the advantages of the two detectors, one GEM foil was set as a preamplifier on the mesh of Micromegas in the structure and the GEM preamplification decreased the working voltage of Micromegas to significantly reduce the effect of the discharge. At the same gain, the spark probability of the GEM-Micromegas detector can be reduced to a factor 0.01 compared to the standard Micromegas detector, and an even higher gain could be obtained. This paper describes the performance of the X-ray beam detector that was studied at 1W2B Laboratory of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility. Finally, the result of the energy resolution under various X-ray energies was given in different working gases. This indicates that the GEM-Micromegas detector has an energy response capability in an energy range from 6 keV to 20 keV and it could work better than the standard bulk-Micromegas.     

Temperature Diagnostics of a Z-Pinch Plasma Using Calculations of the Spectral Brightness of X-Ray Radiation in a Large Interval of Radiation Energies

We elaborate a modern approach to the temperature diagnostics of a Z-pinch plasma. The approach is based on quantum-mechanical calculations of spectral brightness for X-ray radiation performed in a large interval of the photon energy for several temperatures and densities. In a large interval of the photon energy, a range can be found where the spectral brightness is highly sensitive to the temperature variation. This fact enables temperature diagnostics without complicated analysis of the spectral-line shape used in traditional diagnostic methods. In our calculations of the spectral brightness of X-ray radiation, we use a theoretical model known as the ion model of a plasma. We discuss important features of this model along with the other theoretical models used for calculating the radiative properties of the plasma. We calculate the spectral brightness of X-ray radiation for molybdenum plasma at temperatures of 1 and 1.2 keV and plasma densities of 1 and 2 g/cm³ and find the range of X-ray radiation energies that can be used for the temperature diagnostics.     

氮离子轰击钼(111)表面及退火后形成的有序结构

用能量为一千电子伏,束流为6微安的氮离子轰击钼(111)表面15分钟,在俄歇能谱中出现很强的氮的俄歇峰。从室温至450℃退火低能电子衍射观察表明,表面是无序层。样品加热到562℃左右观察到正方的低能衍射图,可以解释为氮、氧在钼(433)小面的c(3×1)结构。 关键词：     

一种聚焦型X射线探测器在轨性能标定方法

X射线探测器是X射线天文观测及脉冲星导航的核心器件,受发射振动、高能粒子辐射损伤及元器件老化等影响,X射线探测器空间观测性能会逐渐变化,X射线探测器在轨标定有利于观测天体X射线辐射信息的准确获取及精确建模.研究利用了脉冲星辐射能谱标定X射线探测器性能的方法,能较好地消除探测器本底及空间环境噪声的影响,通过处理脉冲星导航试验卫星(XPNAV-1卫星)的Crab脉冲星观测数据,评估了我国首款聚焦型X射线探测器的在轨性能.计算结果表明,XPNAV-1卫星上聚焦型X射线探测器的有效面积在0.6-1.9 keV能段内优于2 cm~2,其中在0.7 keV能量处取得最大值3.06 cm~2,探测效率约10%;有效面积随着探测能量增大而减小,在2—3.5 keV能段内有效面积约为1 cm~2,而大于5 keV能段的有效面积约为0.1 cm~2,且此能段估计精度明显受光子统计误差影响.同时研究了考虑能量响应矩阵的探测器有效面积标定新方法,利用地面性能测试中五个特征能谱处的能量分辨率重构其能量响应矩阵,重新标定了聚焦型X射线探测器有效面积,发现该能量响应矩阵对结果影响较小.最后建议观测某些超新星遗迹监测能量分辨率及能量线性等指标的变化.     

Correlation of plasma electron temperature with neutron emission ina low-energy plasma focus

Correlation of neutron emission with plasma electron temperature in a low-energy (2.3 kJ) plasma focus is investigated. To determine the plasma temperature by continuum X-ray analysis, cobalt is selected as the filter, which discriminates the line radiation from the background impurities like carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, or the copper of which plasma focus electrodes are made. For a pressure range of high neutron emission (1-4 mbar), the neutron yield is found to correlate with the plasma temperature. The highest temperature recorded is 5 keV at 2.5 mbar, the filling pressure for the highest neutron emission in this device