Dectris introduces a new Hybrid Photon Counting (HPC) detector series, PILATUS3 X CdTe, extending the DECTRIS product palette for the detection of hard X-ray radiation.
The outstanding performance of the existing PILATUS3 Hybrid Photon Counting (HPC) technology has been combined with the excellent high-energy detection capability of cadmium telluride (CdTe) sensor material. The PILATUS3 X CdTe series detectors offer high quantum efficiency up to 100 keV X-ray energy and outstanding count-rate capability. While the front part of the detector, the sensor, is now made of efficient cadmium telluride single crystals, the readout technology of the PILATUS3 remains unchanged, thus offering the same superb features common to all PILATUS3 detectors: optimal signal-to-noise ratio achieved by photon-counting technology, excellent point-spread function and the capability of exactly measuring signals with high contrasts. Moreover, the detectors’ high speed enables recording of up to 500 images per second.