Streak cameras for soft x-ray and optical radiation

Conference · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5663944

Medecki, H

The principal component of a streak camera is the image converter tube. A slit-shaped photocathode transforms the radiation into a proportional emission of electrons. An electron - optics arrangement accelerates the electrons and projects them into a phosphor screen creating the image of the slit. A pair of deflection plates deflects the electronic beam along a direction perpendicular to the main dimension of the slit. Different portions of the phosphor screen show the instantaneous image of the slit with brightness proportional to the number of emitted electrons and, consequently, to the intensity of the radiation. For our x-ray streak cameras, we use the RCA C73435A image conventer tube intended for the measurement of the radiation of light and modified to have an x-ray sensitive photocathode. Practical considerations lead to the use of transparent rather than reflecting photocathodes. Several of these camera tubes are briefly described.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5663944
• Report Number(s): UCRL-89570; CONF-831195-2; ON: DE84002780
• Resource Relation: Conference: International congress on applications of lasers and electro-optics, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 14 Nov 1983; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CAMERA TUBES
STREAK PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOCATHODES
SOFT X RADIATION
VISIBLE RADIATION
X-RAY SPECTRA
CATHODES
ELECTRODES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
IMAGE TUBES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
PHOTOGRAPHY
RADIATIONS
SPECTRA
X RADIATION
700102* - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Diagnostics