Timing between streak cameras with a precision of 10 ps
The laser beams irradiating a target at the Nova laser facility comprise a set of ten simultaneous events. Two streak cameras, whose resolutions are 40 ps, record the power history for each beam, five beams to a camera; their time bases are cross-timed with a fiducial pulse. Analysis of data recorded for target experiments conducted over a six month period show the precision for cross-timing signals between two streak cameras to be {plus minus}9 ps and for characterizing a single temporal feature of a pulse to be {plus minus}5 ps. Beam synchronization at the end of six months was within 20 ps of the synchronization at the beginning of the experiments. A beam timing shift greater than 25 ps can be detected on a single laser shot; shifts of 10 to 20 ps require several shots to detect. 2 refs., 6 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6428341
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-104877; CONF-900756-55; ON: DE91005266
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 34. SPIE annual international technical symposium on optical and optoelectronic applied science and engineering, San Diego, CA (USA), 8-13 Jul 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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