Dectris
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| Industry | Electrical equipment |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Matthias Schneebeli (CEO) |
| Products | X-ray detectors |
Number of employees | 130 (2021)[1] |
| Website | www |
Dectris Ltd (Template:Lang-de, French, Italian, Template:Lang-rm) is a Swiss company producing photon counting X-ray detectors. These are used in synchrotrons worldwide[2][3][4][5][6] as well as in laboratory imaging.[7]
History
Dectris was founded in 2006 as a spin-off company by Christian Brönnimann, a researcher at the Paul Scherrer Institute, and three colleagues, Eric F. Eikenberry, Markus Näf, and Petr Salficky. In 2007 the company sold its first detector unit in the PILATUS series. In 2008 the MYTHEN detector was introduced followed by the EIGER in 2015.[8] In January 2022, Christian Brönnimann, who had been CEO since 2006 stepped down and Matthias Schneebeli (CTO since 2017) became the new CEO.[9][10]
Products
Dectris mainly develops and produces hybrid photon counting X-ray detectors. Three different product lines have been launched which all take their names from Swiss mountains, Pilatus, Mythen, and Eiger. All detectors use direct detection, meaning that X-ray photons are directly converted to electron-hole pairs instead of using visible light as an intermediary. This improves efficiency significantly and enables much higher count rates.
In recent years Dectris has developed and started producing electron detectors.[8]
References
- ^ "DECTRIS Turns 15!". Dectris. Dectris. 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
Today, we have 130 employees in three countries (Switzerland, the USA, and Japan)
- ^ "Diamond receives two new detectors with the latest technology to enable world-leading synchrotron research". Diamond. Diamond Light Source. 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Pilatus 2M". ESRF. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Area Detectors". APS. Argonne National Laboratory. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Beamline 8.3.1". ALS. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "BL4-2 Detectors". SSRL. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Bruker and DECTRIS Announce the Integration of the New EIGER2 R 250K Detector into the D8™ X-Ray Diffraction Systems". AZO Materials. AZO Materials. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ a b "DECTRIS Milestones". Dectris. Dectris. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Christian Brönnimann gibt das Amt als CEO bei Dectris ab". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Aargauer Zeitung. 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "New DECTRIS CEO: "Our employees' knowledge and abilities are our greatest asset"". Dectris. Dectris. 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2022-03-01.