Open AccessEnergy‐dependent dead‐time correction in digital pulse processors applied to silicon drift detector's X‐ray spectra
Author(s) -
Barros Suelen F.,
Vanin Vito R.,
Malafronte Alexandre A.,
Maidaora L.,
Martins Marcos N.
Publication year - 2018
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/s1600577517018318
Subject(s) - dead time , silicon drift detector , detector , spectral line , energy (signal processing) , pulse (music) , range (aeronautics) , physics , optics , computational physics , silicon , materials science , optoelectronics , astronomy , quantum mechanics , composite material
Dead‐time effects in X‐ray spectra taken with a digital pulse processor and a silicon drift detector were investigated when the number of events at the low‐energy end of the spectrum was more than half of the total, at counting rates up to 56 kHz. It was found that dead‐time losses in the spectra are energy dependent and an analytical correction for this effect, which takes into account pulse pile‐up, is proposed. This and the usual models have been applied to experimental measurements, evaluating the dead‐time fraction either from the calculations or using the value given by the detector acquisition system. The energy‐dependent dead‐time model proposed fits accurately the experimental energy spectra in the range of counting rates explored in this work. A selection chart of the simplest mathematical model able to correct the pulse‐height distribution according to counting rate and energy spectrum characteristics is included.