A Performance Evaluation Of Three High-Fidelity Streak Cameras

James D. Bonlie; Mark E. Lowry

doi:10.1117/12.948662

1 February 1989 A Performance Evaluation Of Three High-Fidelity Streak Cameras

James D. Bonlie, Mark E. Lowry

Proceedings Volume 0981, High Speed Photography, Videography, and Photonics VI; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948662
Event: 32nd Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1988, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Several scientific programs at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) require instrumentation that can capture optical signals with high fidelity. Typically, they require high temporal resolution, high spatial resolution, and high dynamic range. The instrument of choice for most of these multichannel, data-recording applications is the optical streak camera. We have evaluated three optical streak camera systems under similar conditions: (1) the EG&G model L-CA-15 streak camera, designed and built under U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contract, with a streak tube designed for a time response of a few picoseconds; (2) an in-house (LLNL) design, with an ITT F4157 streak tube that operates in the extraction mode; and (3) a Thomson-CSF model TSN 506 streak camera, with an ITT F4157 streak tube that also operates in the extraction mode. All three systems were found to be capable of time response better than 40 ps FWHM, a dynamic range of greater than 100, and spatial resolution greater than 5 line pairs per millimeter (lp/mm). The experimental setup and plots of results are presented and discussed.

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James D. Bonlie and Mark E. Lowry "A Performance Evaluation Of Three High-Fidelity Streak Cameras", Proc. SPIE 0981, High Speed Photography, Videography, and Photonics VI, (1 February 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948662

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