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Chin. Phys. B, 2023, Vol. 32(11): 110703    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/acf493
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Design and calibration of an elliptical crystal spectrometer for the diagnosis of proton-induced x-ray emission (PIXE)

Yanlyu Fang(方言律)1,2, Dongyu Li(李东彧)1,2, Hao Cheng(程浩)1,2, Yuan Gao(高原)1, Ze-Qing Shen(申泽清)1, Tong Yang(杨童)1,2, Yu-Ze Li(李昱泽)1,2, Ya-Dong Xia(夏亚东)1,2, Yang Yan(晏炀)1,2, Sha Yan(颜莎)1, Chen Lin(林晨)1,2,3,†, and Xue-Qing Yan(颜学庆)1,2,3
1 State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology and CAPT, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
2 Beijing Laser Acceleration Innovation Center, Beijing 101400, China;
3 Institute of Guangdong Laser Plasma Technology, Guangzhou 510540, China
Abstract  Laser-driven proton-induced x-ray emission (laser-PIXE) is a nuclear analysis method based on the compact laser ion accelerator. Due to the transient process of ion acceleration, the laser-PIXE signals are usually spurted within nanoseconds and accompanied by strong electromagnetic pulses (EMP), so traditional multi-channel detectors are no longer applicable. In this work, we designed a reflective elliptical crystal spectrometer for the diagnosis of laser-PIXE. The device can detect the energy range of 1 keV-11 keV with a high resolution. A calibration experiment was completed on the electrostatic accelerator of Peking University using samples of Al, Ti, Cu, and ceramic artifacts. The detection efficiency of the elliptical crystal spectrometer was obtained in the order of 10-9.
Keywords:  elliptical crystal spectrometer      proton-induced x-ray emission      applications of laser ion acceleration  
Received:  30 May 2023      Revised:  23 August 2023      Accepted manuscript online:  29 August 2023
PACS:  07.85.Nc (X-ray and γ-ray spectrometers)  
  06.20.fb (Standards and calibration)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11975037 and 11921006), and the National Grand Instrument Project of China (Grant Nos. 2019YFF01014400 and 2019YFF01014404). The authors would like to thank Prof. Q. L. Ma from Shandong University and Dr. B. Y. Zhou from the University of Science and Technology Beijing for providing ancient artifacts.
Corresponding Authors:  Chen Lin     E-mail:  lc0812@pku.edu.cn

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Yanlyu Fang(方言律), Dongyu Li(李东彧), Hao Cheng(程浩), Yuan Gao(高原), Ze-Qing Shen(申泽清), Tong Yang(杨童), Yu-Ze Li(李昱泽), Ya-Dong Xia(夏亚东), Yang Yan(晏炀), Sha Yan(颜莎), Chen Lin(林晨), and Xue-Qing Yan(颜学庆) Design and calibration of an elliptical crystal spectrometer for the diagnosis of proton-induced x-ray emission (PIXE) 2023 Chin. Phys. B 32 110703

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