Owen B. Drury

Portrait of  Owen B. Drury

  • Title
    Staff Scientist
  • Email
    drury2@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 422-0034
  • Organization
    Not Available

Research Interests

  • X-ray and gamma-ray spectrometer development.
  • Development of novel radiation detectors.
  • Soft x-ray spectroscopy of dilute materials using synchrotron light sources.

Ph.D., Biophysics, University of California at Davis, 2007

M.S., Applied Science, University of California at Davis, 2000

B.S., Physics, California State University, Sacramento, 1992

J.G. Dreyer, W. Hennig, H. Tan, Niedermayr, D. Breus, O.B. Drury, W.K. Warburton and S. Friedrich 2008. Development of a Digital Signal Readout System for Large TES Arrays. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 151 (3-4): 958-963.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10909-008-9766-x

S. Friedrich, O. B. Drury, S. J. George & S. P. Cramer. The superconducting high-resolution soft X-ray spectrometer at the advanced biological and environmental X-ray facility. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 582, no. 1, pages 187–189, 2007.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.104

Stephan Friedrich, Owen B. Drury, Shaopang Yuan, Piotr Szupryczynski, Merry A. Spurrier & Charles L. Melcher. A 36-pixel tunnel junction soft x-ray spectrometer for scintillator material science. IEEE Transactions On Applied Superconductivity, vol. 17, pages 351–354, 2007.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2007.898725

Drury, OB; Friedrich, S; George, SJ; Cramer, SP. 2006. The advantages of soft X rays and cryogenic spectrometers for measuring chemical speciation by X ray spectroscopy. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 559 (2): 728-730.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.12.119

Ali, ZA; Drury, OB; Cunningham, MF; Chesser, JM; Barbee, TW; Friedrich, S. 2005. Fabrication of Mo/Cu multilayer and bilayer transition edge sensors. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 15 (2): 526-529, Part 1.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2005.849897

Drury, OB; Friedrich, S. 2005. Sensitivity and S/N-ratio of superconducting high-resolution X ray spectrometers. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 15 (2): 613-617, Part 1.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2005.849959

Friedrich, S; Li, L; Ott, LL; Kolgani, RM; Yong, GJ; Ali, ZA; Drury, OB; Ables, E; Bionta, RM. 2006. Design of a bolometer for total-energy measurement of the linear coherent light source pulsed X ray laser. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 559 (2): 772-774.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.12.139

Drury OB, Terracol SF, Friedrich S. 2005. Quantifying the benefits of ultrahigh energy resolution for gamma-ray spectrometry. Physica Status Solidi C - Conferences and Critical Reviews, Vol 2, No 5: 1468-1479; edited by Stutzmann M. presented at NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Advanced Materials for Radiation Detectors and Sensors/Symposium on Superconductors held at the 2004 E-MRS Fall Meeting in Warsaw, Poland, Sep 06-10, 2004. Book Series: Physica Status Solidi C-Conferences and Critical Reviews, 2 (5).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssc.200460828

Friedrich S, Terracol SF, Miyazaki T, Drury OB, Ali ZA, Cunningham MF, Niedermayr TR, Barbee TW, Batteux JD, Labov SE. 2004. Design of a multi-channel ultra-high resolution superconducting Gamma-ray spectrometer. Hard X ray and Gamma-ray Detector Physics VI: 156-164; edited by Burger A, James RB, Franks LA. presented at Conference on Hard X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Detector Physics VI in Denver, CO, Aug 02-03, 2004. Book Series: Proceeding of the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 5540.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.563624

Cunningham MF, Ullom JN, Miyazaki T, Drury O, Loshak A, van den Berg ML, Labov SE. 2002. DC and AC biasing of a transition edge sensor microcalorimeter. Low Temperature Detectors: 317-320; edited by Porter FS, McCammon D, Galeazzi M, Stahle CK. presented at 9th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors in Madison, Wisconsin, JUL 22-27, 2001. Book Series: AIP Conference Proceedings, 605 Conference Host: UNIV Wisconsin.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1457654

10/2006: Physics and Advanced Technologies Directorate Award. In recognition of 2006 R&D 100 Award for UltraSpec: An ultrahigh-resolution gamma and neutron spectrometer.
2006: R&D Magazine R&D 100. For the development of UltraSpec: An Ultrahigh-Resolution Gamma and Neutron Spectrometer. Selected by R&D Magazine as one of the 100 Most Technologically Significant New Products of the Year