The Picotron 100 A New Picosecond Image Converter Tube With A High Dynamic Range

S. Majumdar; P. Jaanimagi; M. C. Richardson

doi:10.1117/12.957706

27 July 1979 The Picotron 100 A New Picosecond Image Converter Tube With A High Dynamic Range

S. Majumdar, P. Jaanimagi, M. C. Richardson

Proceedings Volume 0189, 13th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957706
Event: 13th International Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, 1978, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract

The performance of a new picosecond streak tube, the Picotron 100, is described. The tube has a low and variable electron optical magnification. For the first time, time resolution of 80 picoseconds with a useful dynamic range of 20 is obtained from a single stage streak tube. By using intensifiers, a dynamic range as high as 120, at 5 picoseconds time resolution, is reported, also for the first time. A dynamic range of greater than 1200 was obtained from a 25 picosecond pulse when the technical time resolution was set at 6 picoseconds. These results, which are better than any so far reported, have been made feasible by reducing the electron-optical magnification of the streak tube.

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S. Majumdar, P. Jaanimagi, and M. C. Richardson "The Picotron 100 A New Picosecond Image Converter Tube With A High Dynamic Range", Proc. SPIE 0189, 13th Intl Congress on High Speed Photography and Photonics, (27 July 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957706

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