Streak camera recording of interferometer fringes
The use of an electronic high-speed camera in the streaking mode to record interference fringe motion from a velocity interferometer is discussed. Advantages of this method over the photomultiplier tube-oscilloscope approach are delineated. Performance testing and data for the electronic streak camera are discussed. The velocity profile of a mylar flyer accelerated by an electrically exploded bridge, and the jump-off velocity of metal targets struck by these mylar flyers are measured in the camera tests. Advantages of the streak camera include portability, low cost, ease of operation and maintenance, simplified interferometer optics, and rapid data analysis. (RME)
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5257404
- Report Number(s):
- UCID-17531
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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