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The photon-counting area detectors that record the coherent far-field diffraction pattern. PVs verified against startup/30-area-detectors.py and cditools/eiger_async.py / merlin_async.py.

Enclosure: 9-ID-C.

Note

CDI's measurement lives on its area detectors: an Eiger2 and a Merlin record the far-field coherent-diffraction pattern (a single frame for forward CDI, a scan of frames for ptychography, a rocking series for Bragg CDI). Both reuse Camera. The hardware exposure-gating chain is not exposed in source (TIMING-1); the detectors carry internal and external trigger modes in their device classes.

Name Family PV Key specs Replaceable Status
EigerDetector Camera XF:09ID1-ES{Det:Eig1} Eiger2 photon-counting area detector (class EigerDetector, instance eiger2-1), the primary coherent-diffraction / ptychography detector recording the far-field pattern; reuses Camera (the Eiger-to-Camera precedent). Module size and trigger wiring pending (DET-1 / TIMING-1). confirm
MerlinDetector Camera XF:09ID1-ES{Det:Merlin1} Merlin photon-counting detector (class MerlinDetector, instance merlines-1), the second coherent-diffraction detector; reuses Camera. Which detector is primary for which technique is DET-1. confirm