An accumulative x-ray streak camera with sub-600-fs temporal resolution and 50-fs timing jitter

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2003 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1577213· OSTI ID:15003796

Liu, Jinyuan; Wang, Jin; Shan, Bing; Wang, Chun; Chang, Zenghu

We demonstrated that the shot-to-shot timing jitter of an x-ray streak camera was reduced to close to 50 fs when it was triggered by a standard kilohertz laser with 1.2% rms pulse energy fluctuation. This was achieved by improving the response time of deflection plates and the rise time of the ramp pulse generated by a photoconductive switch, and by operating the photoconductive switch at optimum conditions. Furthermore, after reducing the angular distribution of electron bunch, the temporal resolution of the x-ray streak camera operating in accumulation mode was measured to be better than 600 fs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Kansas State Univ.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 15003796
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 82, Issue 20; Related Information: May 19, 2003; ISSN 0003-6951
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
STREAK CAMERAS
DESIGN
X RADIATION
PULSE RISE TIME
TIME RESOLUTION
PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY
SWITCHES
ELECTRONS
BEAM BUNCHING
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