Medipix 2 in X-ray diffraction

Abstract The Medipix 2 detector is a detector with a high dynamic range and, in principle, no intrinsic detector noise. This makes the detector perfectly suitable for use in X-ray diffraction experiments. For X-ray diffraction systems used in materials science, it is common to use X-rays with an energy of 8 keV. When the Medipix 2 read-out chip is bump-bonded to a 300 μ m silicon sensor it is able to detect these X-rays with a high efficiency. The Medipix 2 detector has been integrated into a PANalytical X’Pert PRO X-ray diffraction system. Details about this integration will be discussed and measurements performed with this system will be shown.