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== Image Intensifier for Fast Camera== | == Image Intensifier for Fast Camera== | ||
The coupling of an image intensifier to a High-speed camera is not trivial, since relatively high light intensity fluxes, sufficient for short exposure times down to the µs range, are captured continuously for a long time period, typically of up to some seconds. As is well known, imageintensifiers (as photomultipliers) are vulnerable to this combination and if not operated correctly, they can be damaged. Moreover, not only the amplification factor is important, but also the image quality and the responselinearity. | The coupling of an image intensifier to a High-speed camera is not trivial, since relatively high light intensity fluxes, sufficient for short exposure times down to the µs range, are captured continuously for a long time period, typically of up to some seconds. As is well known, imageintensifiers (as photomultipliers) are vulnerable to this combination and if not operated correctly, they can be damaged. Moreover, not only the amplification factor is important, but also the image quality and the responselinearity. | ||
Two Hamamatsu image intensifiers C9548-03BL [http://www.hamamatsu.com/resources/pdf/etd/GateII_TII0006E.pdf] were tested and are successfully operated. | Two Hamamatsu image intensifiers (C9548-03BL and C10880) [http://www.hamamatsu.com/resources/pdf/etd/GateII_TII0006E.pdf] were tested and are successfully operated. They are two stage intensifier, including a first GEN II stage with a fast phosphor (P-46) and gain adjustable via the voltage at the MCP, and a second GEN I one (booster) with a fixed gain of 50. Both stages are optically coupled by a Fiber Optic Plate (FOP) which transfers the output signal from the first to the second. Their linear response is guaranteed up to 200000 fps speed. | ||
They are two stage intensifier, including a first GEN II stage with a fast phosphor (P-46) and gain adjustable via the voltage at the MCP, and a second GEN I one (booster) with a fixed gain of 50. Both stages are optically coupled by a Fiber Optic Plate (FOP) which transfers the output signal from the first to the second. Their linear response is guaranteed up to 200000 fps speed. | |||
[[File:TJ-II_Fast_camera_diagram.jpg|800px|thumb|center|Schematic diagram of the TJ-II fast camera installation]] | [[File:TJ-II_Fast_camera_diagram.jpg|800px|thumb|center|Schematic diagram of the TJ-II fast camera installation]] | ||