Pulse-dilation enhanced gated optical imager with 5 ps resolution (invited).
Pulse-dilation enhanced gated optical imager with 5 ps resolution (invited).
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10.1063/1.3479111
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2010-10
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T. Hilsabeck;J. Hares;J. Kilkenny;P. Bell;A. Dymoke-Bradshaw;J. Koch;P. Celliers;D. Bradley
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T. Hilsabeck;J. Hares;J. Kilkenny;P. Bell;A. Dymoke-Bradshaw;J. Koch;P. Celliers;D. Bradley
A 5 ps gated framing camera was demonstrated using the pulse-dilation of a drifting electron signal. The pulse-dilation is achieved by accelerating a photoelectron derived information pulse with a time varying potential [R. D. Prosser, J. Phys. E 9, 57 (1976)]. The temporal dependence of the accelerating potential causes a birth time dependent axial velocity dispersion that spreads the pulse as it transits a drift region. The expanded pulse is then imaged with a conventional gated microchannel plate based framing camera and the effective gating time of the combined instrument is reduced over that of the framing camera alone. In the drift region, electron image defocusing in the transverse or image plane is prevented with a large axial magnetic field. Details of the unique issues associated with rf excited photocathodes were investigated numerically and a prototype instrument based on this principle was recently constructed. Temporal resolution of the instrument was measured with a frequency tripled femtosecond laser operating at 266 nm. The system demonstrated 20× temporal magnification and the results are presented here. X-ray image formation strategies and photometric calculations for inertial confinement fusion implosion experiments are also examined.