Picosecond X-Ray Chronoscopy

D. Landheer; W. Sibbett; M. H. Key; M. J. Lamb; C. S.L. Lewis; J. Lunney

doi:10.1117/12.955218

14 September 1977 Picosecond X-Ray Chronoscopy

D. Landheer, W. Sibbett, M. H. Key, M. J. Lamb, C. S.L. Lewis, J. Lunney

Proceedings Volume 0097, 12th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography; (1977) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955218
Event: 12th International Congress on High Speed Photography, 1976, Toronto, Canada

Abstract

Improvements in the time resolution of an ultrafast streak-camera for vacuum UV to x-radiation are described. Pin hole optics were used to image the x-rays from a 100 4m laser-produced plasma onto the gold photocathode of the camera. The plasmas were produced by focusing single, amplified (80 mJ) pulses from a mode-locked Nd: glass oscillator on to a copper target. A temporal resolution of <22 psec has been demonstrated in both the oblique and normal incidence modes of operation of the tube. Limits on the ultimate resolution are discussed and a new design for the electron optics of the image tube, which may overcome these limitations, is proposed.

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D. Landheer, W. Sibbett, M. H. Key, M. J. Lamb, C. S.L. Lewis, and J. Lunney "Picosecond X-Ray Chronoscopy", Proc. SPIE 0097, 12th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography, (14 September 1977); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955218

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