Stability And Accuracy Of The Sweep Rate Measurements For LLNL Optical Streak Cameras

D. S. Montgomery

doi:10.1117/12.962438

17 January 1990 Stability And Accuracy Of The Sweep Rate Measurements For LLNL Optical Streak Cameras

D. S. Montgomery

Proceedings Volume 1155, Ultrahigh Speed and High Speed Photography, Photonics, and Videography '89: Seventh in a Series; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962438
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Precise pulse shaping is vital for present and future high-power lasers that will attempt to achieve low-entropy laser-fusion implosions. Multichannel, streak-camera-based systems are used to make such measurements. Such systems must be accurately calibrated in order to correct for time-base and flat-field variations. We use an on-line calibration system in order to measure the sweep rate, and in our recent work we have evaluated the accuracy of this measurement technique. By analyzing a large number of calibrations, and the effect of noise on our measurement technique, we have concluded that the sweep rate for our streak camera systems is reproducible to at least ±1.2% and that our measurement technique contributes an additional ±0.5% uncertainity in the measurement.

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D. S. Montgomery "Stability And Accuracy Of The Sweep Rate Measurements For LLNL Optical Streak Cameras", Proc. SPIE 1155, Ultrahigh Speed and High Speed Photography, Photonics, and Videography '89: Seventh in a Series, (17 January 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962438

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