Open AccessDevelopment of fast, simultaneous and multi‐technique scanning hard X‐ray microscopy at Synchrotron Soleil
Author(s) -
Medjoubi Kadda,
Leclercq Nicolas,
Langlois Florent,
Buteau Alain,
Lé Stephane,
Poirier Stéphane,
Mercère Pascal,
Sforna Marie Catherine,
Kewish Cameron M.,
Somogyi Andréa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049512052119
Subject(s) - data acquisition , synchrotron , optics , detector , microscopy , computer science , pixel , materials science , physics , operating system
A distributed fast‐acquisition system for synchronized multi‐technique experiments is presented, in which the collection of metadata and the asynchronous merging of large data volumes from multiple detectors are managed as part of the data collection process. This fast continuous scanning scheme, named FLYSCAN, enables measurement of microscopy data on a timescale of milliseconds per pixel. Proof‐of‐principle multi‐technique experiments, namely scanning X‐ray fluorescence spectrometry combined with absorption, differential phase contrast and dark‐field imaging, have been performed on biological and geological samples.