Dilation framing camera with 4 ps resolution

Houzhi Cai; Xin Zhao; Jinyuan Liu; Weixin Xie; Yanli Bai; Yunfei Lei; Yubo Liao; Hanben Niu

doi:10.1063/1.4945350

APL Photonics (Apr 2016)

Dilation framing camera with 4 ps resolution

Houzhi Cai,
Xin Zhao,
Jinyuan Liu,
Weixin Xie,
Yanli Bai,
Yunfei Lei,
Yubo Liao,
Hanben Niu

Affiliations

Houzhi Cai: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Xin Zhao: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Jinyuan Liu: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Weixin Xie: College of Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Yanli Bai: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Yunfei Lei: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Yubo Liao: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Hanben Niu: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4945350
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 016101 – 016101-9

Abstract

Read online

A framing camera using pulse-dilation technology is reported in this article. The camera uses pulse dilation of an electron signal from a pulsed photo-cathode (PC) to achieve high temporal resolution. While the PC is not pulsed, the measured temporal resolution of the camera without pulse-dilation is about 71 ps. While the excitation pulse is applied on the PC, the measured temporal resolution is improved to 4 ps by using the pulse-dilation technology. The spatial resolution of the dilation framing camera is also measured, which is better than 100 μm. The relationship between the temporal resolution and the PC bias voltage is obtained. The variation of the temporal resolution with the gradient of the PC excitation pulse is also provided.

Published in APL Photonics

ISSN: 2378-0967 (Online)
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics
Website: https://aplphotonics.aip.org

About the journal