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Improving the Noise Floor and Speed of Your Detector: A Modular Hardware Approach for Under $1000

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2022

Jonathan J. P. Peters*
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Tiarnan Mullarkey
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Centre for Doctoral Training in the Advanced Characterisation of Materials, AMBER Centre, Dublin, Ireland
Lewys Jones
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Centre for Doctoral Training in the Advanced Characterisation of Materials, AMBER Centre, Dublin, Ireland Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures & Nanodevices (CRANN), Dublin
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*Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Microscopy Infrastructures: Architectures, Avenues and Access
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2022

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The authors would like to acknowledge the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) and the Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research (AMBER) Network for financial and infrastructural support for this work. L.J. is supported by SFI award number URF/RI/191637. J.J.P.P. and L.J. acknowledge SFI grant 19/FFP/6813, T.M. acknowledges the SFI-EPSRC CDT-ACM (grants 18/EPSRC-CDT-3581 and EP/S023259/1).Google Scholar