A small size and long slit streak tube with high spatial resolution was designed and optimized. Curved photocathode and screen were adopted to increase the photocathode working area and spatial resolution. High physical temporal resolution obtained by using a slit accelerating electrode. Deflection sensitivity of the streak tube was improved by adopting two-folded deflection plates. The simulations indicate that the photocathode effective working area can reach 30mm × 5mm. The static spatial resolution is higher than 40lp/mm and 12lp/mm along scanning and slit directions respectively while the physical temporal resolution is higher than 60ps. The magnification is 0.75 and 0.77 in scanning and slit directions. And also, the deflection sensitivity is as high as 37mm/kV. The external dimension of the streak tube are only ∅74mm×231mm. Thus, it can be applied to laser imaging radar system for large field of view and high range precision detection.
In this paper, the anisotropic focusing technique is used to make a novel streak tube. The salient features are the introduction of both temporally focusing electrodes and spatially focusing electric quadrupole lens. The simulation showed that physical temporal dispersion of 0.38 ps and edge spatial resolution of 56 lp/mm can be achieved. The Nd:YLF 8ps pulse laser was used to calibrate the performance index of streak camera. The static and dynamic spatial resolutions are 35 lp/mm and 25 lp/mm respectively. The dynamic range more than 950:1 and time resolution 8ps can be reached. Furthermore, the magnifications in slit and scanning direction can be adjusted respectively, so it is very convenient to select amplification needed when it is coupled with KB microscope.
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