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JUNGFRAU

High Speed - High Flux - High Confidence: The DECTRIS JUNGFRAU® 4M is the first charge-integrating detector from DECTRIS, built for the extreme flux of 4th-generation synchrotrons. Its per-pixel charge integration with three-level dynamic gain switching captures single photons and the most intense Bragg peaks in the same frame, without saturation, at a continuous 2,000 frames per second across the full 4-megapixel active area.

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The DECTRIS JUNGFRAU® is our first charge-integrating detector, built for the extreme flux of 4th-generation synchrotrons. Per-pixel charge integration with three-level dynamic gain switching captures single photons and the most intense Bragg peaks in the same frame, without saturation, at a continuous 2,000 frames per second across the full 4-megapixel area.

Each 75 µm pixel selects one of three calibrated gain stages depending upon the charge it collects: single-photon sensitivity at low flux; more than 10⁴ photons per pixel per frame at the top end. Charge integration has no instantaneous count-rate limit to plan around, and the sustained 2,000 Hz readout reliably records every frame of your experiment for seconds, minutes, or even hours. On-detector autosummation combines sub-frames on the fly, extending effective dynamic range and delivering fully calibrated images at the frame rate you need.

This detector is specifically built for applications that demand highest local intensities, such as  serial synchrotron crystallography (SSX); high-flux MX at kilohertz frame rates; pump-probe experiments; time-resolved SAXS/WAXS: Full-frame speed; uncompromised dynamic range; DECTRIS reliability.

  • Full-speed, full-frame: Continuous 2,000 fps across the full 4 MP frame - for every frame of the measurement, not just a fixed burst.

  • High dynamic range for the highest flux: From single photons to over 10⁴ photons per pixel per frame with no instantaneous count-rate limit: A powerful complement to photon counting.

  • Photon counts, out of the box:  Energy calibration, pedestal correction, flat-field, and autosummation turn raw signal into photon counts for you:- no offline processing is required.

  • Easy to integrate, reliable: JUNGFRAU uses the same SIMPLON API, HDF5/NeXus, and Streaming interfaces as EIGER2 and PILATUS4; delivered and supported to DECTRIS standards.

Testimonial

„The DECTRIS JUNGFRAU is fully suitable for any application in crystallography, out of the box. We collected precise and accurate rotation MX data.”

- Gleb Bourenkov, EMBL Hamburg

Detector Specifications*

JUNGFRAU 4M

Active area (W x H)

[

mm²

]

155.1 × 162.6 mm²

Pixel array (W x H)

2068 × 2168 pixels

Pixel size (W x H)

[

µm²

]

75 × 75 µm²

Inter-module gap (Hor./Vert.)

[

pixels

]

12 / 40 pixels

Energy range

[

keV

]

7 - 18 keV**

Frame rate (max.)

[

Hz

]

2,000 Hz, continuous, full frame

Readout time

Continuous readout, duty cycle > 98%

Image bit depth

[

bits

]

32 / 16 bit

Sensor material

Silicon

Sensor thickness

[

µm

]

450 µm

Dimensions (W x H x D)

[

mm³

]

300 × 313 x 551 mm

Weight

[

kg

]

Approx. 30 kg

Cooling method

Liquid coolant, 17 °C

Number of detector modules (W x H)

8 (2 × 4 matrix)

Max. signal

[

keV

]

>10,000 photons/pixel/frame @ 12 keV*

Response non-linearity

[

%

]

1% across the dynamic range

Trigger modes

[

TTL

]

Software and hardware trigger (TTL)

Control & data interfaces

SIMPLON API, HDF5/NeXus, ZMQ stream, Monitor

Max. data rate

[

(GB/s)

]

18 GB/s (16-bit, 2 kHz)

Detector control unit

1 rack-mounted server

Detector operation

At ambient temperature; dry-air supply required

*All specifications are subject to change without notice.

Key Contacts

Hans Gildenast
Application Scientist X-ray

Sascha Grimm
Product Manager - Synchrotrons

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