Implementation and modeling of a femtosecond laser-activated streak camera

Authors

• Omid Zandi, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Kyle J. Wilkin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Martin Centurion, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

6-2017

Citation

REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 88, 063305 (2017)
doi 10.1063/1.4985008

Comments

Published by AIP Publishing. Used by permission.

Abstract

8 June 2017) A laser-activated streak camera was built to measure the duration of femtosecond electron pulses. The streak velocity of the device is 1.89 mrad/ps, which corresponds to a sensitivity of 34.9 fs/pixels. The streak camera also measures changes in the relative time of arrival between the laser and electron pulses with a resolution of 70 fs RMS. A full circuit analysis of the structure is presented to describe the streaking field and the general behavior of the device. We have developed a general mathematical model to analyze the streaked images. The model provides an accurate method to extract the pulse duration based on the changes of the electron beam profile when the streaking field is applied.