
Europe's First Superconducting X-Ray Spectrometer Goes Live in Germany, Boosting Photon Detection Efficiency Up to 1,000-Fold
A collaboration between Germany's Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPICEC), and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has commissioned Europe's first superconducting Transition Edge Sensor (TES) array X-ray spectrometer at the BESSY II synchrotron facility. Equipped with 248 sensors, the instrument detects photons 100 to 1,000 times more efficiently than conventional systems, dramatically reducing experiment times and enabling new research into atomic-thin layers and nanostructures.
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