High local and global count rates

All PILATUS3 detectors feature DECTRIS instant retrigger technology, which enables each pixel of a PILATUS3 to accurately detect up to ten million photons per second Furthermore, no global count rate limit is detected up to 6 × 10⁶ photons per second and pixel. This enables global count rates of more than 2 × 10⁸ photons per second and square millimeter. Both local and global count rates of PILATUS detectors are far superior to those of counting detectors based on gas discharge or similar technologies.