The XR-100 is a thermoelectrically cooled solid-state detector and preamplifier. Â It is recommended for applications requiring the best energy resolution, very high count rates, and lowest X-ray energies. Its performance, small size, and low cost make it the ideal detector for many laboratories and OEM X-ray spectroscopy applications, including EDS and XRF. The result is a detector with lower noise, lower leakage current, better charge collection, and uniformity from detector to detector.
In the XR-100SDD, the detector is mounted on an extender (several different lengths are available), with the preamplifier in the attached metal box. It requires a separate signal processor and power supplies; Amptek’s PX5 is recommended and is ideally suited for most laboratory uses. The same detectors are available in the smaller X-123SDD package or with smaller preamplifiers for OEMs and custom systems. The PX5 is available to purchase.
