Design and performance of a capacitor-based burn-through monitor for high-power X-ray beams at XFEL facilities

Langeveld, W.; Rowen, M.; Prinz, A.; Armenta, R.; Chollet, M.; Gee, C.; Heimann, P.; Kirks, J.; Nakahara, K.; Ortiz, E.; Rokni, S.; Rosenstrom, A.; Sato, T.; Schlotter, B.; Smith, B.; Stefanescu, C.; Willard, Y.; Xiao, S.; Yavas, H.; Zhu, D.

doi:10.1107/S1600577526008647

Figure 4
Cumulative energy deposited in the capacitor BTM until it shorted versus energy density at the time of the short for the 29 capacitors tested at XPP. Marker colors indicate whether the beam was focused or defocused, as shown in the legend.

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