DECTRIS Specific Solutions are custom-made, hybrid-pixel detectors that fulfill the individual requirements of even our most demanding customers. Thanks to our concept of modular design, we can realize various geometries with planar or three-dimensional arrangement of the individual modules, thus overcoming any spatial constraints of an experimental setup.
Does your field of interest cover light material such as organic matter? Or, is data treatment very challenging because of parasitic scattering from windows and air gaps? Our customized detectors with special, ultra-low-energy calibrations (thresholds down to 1.6 keV) enable low-energy X-ray detection that will help you improve your data collection.
Our Specific Solutions team has already designed over 100 custom-made detectors based on our hybrid-pixel technology. These talented engineers are up to the challenge of delivering your very own Specific Solution.
- Custom geometries: Shape the detector’s active area to match your experimental setup optimally. Obtain X-ray patterns of the highest possible quality via windowless detector operation.
- Vacuum compatibility: Operate your detector in a vacuum or helium atmosphere and eliminate scattering and air absorption effects that limit your data quality.
- Special energy calibrations: Explore the energy dimension and collect outstanding spectral information. Perform measurements in the soft X-ray regime.
Past Custom-Made Detectors
PILATUS3 X CdTe 900K-W-ESRF
Arranged in a long strip, this detector’s active area allows for panoramic data acquisition. It was designed for the hard X-ray microscope beamline ID06 at the ESRF. Two-dimensional diffraction patterns can be acquired under high-pressure conditions at X-ray energies between 25 and 100 keV.
EIGER2 X 4M-DESY
The first EIGER2 Specific Solution was designed for the P62 SAXSMAT beamline at PETRA III. The thin frame at the top of the detector significantly reduces the loss of the q-range for simultaneous SAXS/WAXS measurements.
PILATUS 12M-DLS
The largest hybrid-pixel detector ever made with a curved active area, it was designed for the most demanding macromolecular crystallography experiments at I23 of the Diamond Light Source (DLS). Its semi-cylindrical shape covers a 2-theta range of ±100° and allows for simultaneous collection of low- and high-resolution data.
EIGER2 X CdTe 3M-IMBL
This customized detector solution is a geometrical modification of the EIGER2 X CdTe series. The use of high-energy X-rays increases the diffracted intensity-per-unit doses by several factors and is beneficial for applications including macromolecular crystallography.
PILATUS3 S 2M-SJTU
This vacuum-compatible Specific Solution was designed for the X-ray diffraction beamline BL14B1 at SSRF. It achieves the best results for different X-ray diffraction techniques such as high-resolution PXRD, grazing incidence XRD, and X-ray reflectivity measurements.
PILATUS3 X 2M-CoSAXS
This PILATUS3 X 2M detector with three missing modules was designed for the CoSAXS beamline at MAXIV. The angled housing at the missing corner is beneficial for minimizing WAXS detector shadows on SAXS images. Combining this detector with an EIGER2 X 4M leads to optimal results for simultaneous SAXS/WAXS measurements.
PILATUS3 X 900K-SSRF
This L-shaped detector is based on the PILATUS3 X 1M, but with a missing module at the bottom right corner to let the primary beam through. Its geometry is advantageous for simultaneous WAXS/SAXS and/or USAXS measurements. It was designed for the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF).
PILATUS3 X CdTe 2M-PETRAIII
This system was designed for wide-angle diffraction at high energies, while keeping the direct beam for SAXS measurements. Three holes at the right-hand side of the detector window enable the user to let the direct beam pass under 5 mm from the active area.
PILATUS3 2M-DLS-L
This detector was designed to collect the WAXS signal during simultaneous SAXS/WAXS measurements at beamline I22 of the Diamond Light Source (DLS). The direct beam and small-angle-scattering signal pass close to the active area and propagate through the evacuated flight tube, which is attached to the detector’s back side. This unique design allows the detector to be placed inside the vacuum chamber and makes windows unnecessary.
EIGER2 S 3.5M-WAXS
This compact WAXS detector was designed to obtain best results for simultaneous SAXS/WAXS measurements in combination with an EIGER2 X 9M. The L-shaped EIGER2 S 3.5M-WAXS excels with a low profile along the beam direction, a small distance between pixel and beam, and vacuum compatibility.
PILATUS3 900K-IPP
High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of fusion reactor plasmas benefits from the noise-free photon counting and high frame rate of this hybrid-pixel detector. It is part of an X-ray imaging crystal spectrometer (XICS) at the Institute of Plasma Physics in Hefei. It detects X-rays from 3.1 keV (Ar emission) to 13 keV (Kr emission) at EAST Tokamak.
EIGER2 9M-ALBA
The largest EIGER2 Specific Solution so far impresses with frame rates up to 550 Hz and a total module number of 18. The vacuum-compatible EIGER2 XE 9M-ALBA with removable window is a geometrical modification of the EIGER2 XE 9M and fits the needs of the XAIRA beamline at the ALBA Synchrotron.
Key Contact
Specific Solutions at Synchrotron Beamlines and in Laboratories
“Long-term experience with PILATUS detectors at DLS, their high data quality and huge scientific success, encouraged us to start the ambitious in-vacuum, low-energy PILATUS 12M development project with DECTRIS. Most important for realizing a complex beamline project, DECTRIS proved to be a very competent and reliable partner and stayed on schedule.”
Armin Wagner, Diamond Light Source, Oxfordshire, UK
“Our collaboration with DECTRIS led to significant improvements in the high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of hot Tokamak and stellarator plasmas. Thanks to the implementation of noise-free, single-photon-counting detectors from DECTRIS in our X-ray imaging crystal spectrometers, it is now possible to perform Doppler measurements of the ion temperature and plasma flow velocity profiles with much higher temporal and spatial resolutions than were previously feasible.”
Manfred Bitter, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, USA
Specific Solutions Integrated into Laboratory Instruments
Xplorex, “THE PLANET”
”THE PLANET” is a portable X-ray diffraction system that offers extraordinary angular range and resolution.
“Development of ‘THE PLANET’ relied on specific solutions: geometry, cooling, and detector housing. DECTRIS’ expertise and enthusiasm about customizing the housing were contagious, and Huber Diffraction took over its production. Together, we have brought hybrid-pixel technology to portable diffractometers!”
Bert Kinneging, Xplorex
XENOCS XEUSS 2.0 SAXS/WAXS System
This is a customized WAXS detector inside the XENOCS XEUSS 2.0 SAXS/WAXS system.
“In addition to providing high-quality X-ray detectors for SAXS, the DECTRIS team showed its custom solutions skills, while working with Xenocs on a solution to place the hybrid-pixel detector very close to the sample. This enabled a unique capability for simultaneous SAXS and WAXS measurements.”
Peter Høghøj, CEO, Xenocs
How do Specific Solutions work?
All DECTRIS Specific Solutions are based on the standard hybrid-pixel, photon-counting technology platforms that are seen in our standard products: PILATUS3 and EIGER2 pixel detectors, and MYTHEN2 strip detectors.
Techniques
Diffraction
DECTRIS can develop Specific Solutions detector systems for unique in-vacuum setups in macromolecular crystallography (MX), XRD imaging and ptychography, wide-angular-range X-ray powder diffraction, and more.
Scattering
DECTRIS Specific Solutions are highly beneficial for all X-ray scattering techniques. They can cover a wide angular range and allow for windowless systems in a vacuum, soft X-ray detection, and/or simultaneous SAXS/WAXS measurements.
Spectroscopy
Whether an experiment calls for inelastic scattering or fusion-plasma diagnostics, Specific Solutions based on our hybrid-pixel, photon-counting detector platforms enable the construction of superior X-ray spectrometers.
Want to know more?
We are happy to answer any questions about us, our detectors, or the process of integrating our detectors into your experimental setup.
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