Signal Converter

In x-ray diffraction, the detector is a transducer that counts the number of photons that collide into it. This photon counter gives a digital readout in number of photons per unit time. Below is a figure of a typical x-ray diffraction unit with all of the parts labeled.

Figure 1: (left) A view of the entire machine and (right) a crystal mounted on a goniometer shown with the x-ray generator and detector