Signal averaging x-ray streak camera with picosecond jitter

A. Maksimchuk, M. Kim, J. Workman, G. Korn, J. Squier, D. Du, D. Umstadter, G. Mourou, M. Bouvier

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Abstract

We have developed an averaging picosecond x-ray streak camera using a dc-biased photoconductive switch as a generator of a high-voltage ramp. The streak camera is operated at a sweep speed of up to 8 ps/mm, shot-to-shot jitter is less than ±1 ps. The streak camera has been used to measure the time history of broadband x-ray emission from an ultrashort pulse laser-produced plasma. Accumulation of the streaked x-ray signals significantly improved the signal-to-noise ratio of the data obtained.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)697-699
Number of pages3
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume67
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1996
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation

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