Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
Project Type
individual
Campus
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
William Baker, Senior
Lead Presenter's Name
William Baker
Lead Presenter's College
DB College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor Name
Byonghoon Seo
Abstract
We present the progress of developing a detector for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray radiation. We use a silicon photodiode along with an op-amp-based amplifier circuit. To filter out unwanted visible and invisible light, the photodiode is covered with an ultra-thin foil, which allows it to selectively detect EUV and X-ray wavelengths by capturing specific photons in those ranges. This detector will be used to investigate the potential production mechanisms of EUV and X-ray radiation during magnetic reconnection in a plasma jet experiment at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. This measurement will help enhance our understanding of energy transfer processes by magnetohydrodynamics instabilities and magnetic reconnection.
Did this research project receive funding support (Spark, SURF, Research Abroad, Student Internal Grants, Collaborative, Climbing, or Ignite Grants) from the Office of Undergraduate Research?
No
Development of an EUV and X-ray detector at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's plasma jet experiment.
We present the progress of developing a detector for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray radiation. We use a silicon photodiode along with an op-amp-based amplifier circuit. To filter out unwanted visible and invisible light, the photodiode is covered with an ultra-thin foil, which allows it to selectively detect EUV and X-ray wavelengths by capturing specific photons in those ranges. This detector will be used to investigate the potential production mechanisms of EUV and X-ray radiation during magnetic reconnection in a plasma jet experiment at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. This measurement will help enhance our understanding of energy transfer processes by magnetohydrodynamics instabilities and magnetic reconnection.