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We discuss the improvements in wide energy range, energy dispersive X-ray emission spectroscopy in the particle induced mode (PIXE) achieved by optical focusing of X-rays to high-energy resolution superconducting transition-edge sensor arrays. TES-PIXE technique offers great energy resolution for multi-element samples consisting of even hundreds of X-ray peaks with nearly overlapping energies [1]. TES-PIXE can provide orders of magnitude better detection limits and energy resolution compared to the traditional silicon drift detector (SDD), which gives the possibility to probe trace impurities within samples [2]. Here, we discuss recent progress in performing TES-PIXE spectroscopy in air, by using a polycapillary lens and an external ion beam. Such an external beam PIXE is a non-destructive technique, which can be used to measure precious museum artefacts and delicate samples that cannot go into a vacuum chamber. The use of the polycapillary lens increases the effective solid angle of the detector, increasing the number of X-rays detected up to a factor of three in the 0.5-5.5 keV energy range [3]. The polycapillary lens also removes the need for additional proton filters, enabling detection of lighter elements, down to oxygen.
[1] M. R. J. Palosaari, M. Käyhkö, K. M. Kinnunen, M. Laitinen, J. Julin, J. Malm, T. Sajavaara, W. B. Doriese, J. Fowler, C. Reintsema, D. Swetz, D. Schmidt, J. N. Ullom, and I. J. Maasilta, Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 024002 (2016)
[2] M. Käyhkö, M.R.J. Palosaari, M. Laitinen, K. Arstila, I.J. Maasilta, J.W. Fowler, W.B. Doriese, J.N. Ullom, T. Sajavaara, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 406, 103 (2017)
[3] M. Käyhkö, M. Laitinen, K. Arstila, I.J. Maasilta, T. Sajavaara, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 447,59-67 (2019)
| Student (Ph.D., M.Sc. or B.Sc.) | Y |
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| Less than 5 years of experience since completion of Ph.D | Y |
