ST-Y STREAK TUBE0 pages
STREAK TUBE ST Y
ST-Y STREAK TUBE
INTRODUCTION
The Photek Streak (Camera) ST-Y is an all metal-ceramic tube is based on a design and
produced by Ching Lai of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Recently Photek
has subsequently made detail changes to improve distortion and spatial resolution.
The tube is available with a slotted grid electrode enabling a large area with high throughput
in streak cameras, and a improve the spatial resolution and to reduce the overall image
distortion.
An alternative version with a mesh in place of the slot. This latter version makes the tube
eminently suitable for use in a framing camera using a 200 Volt cathode pulser and step
voltage generator for the deflection electrodes
Operating modes and performance are described in our Technical Note 000823 12.
However, distortion is less than 2.5% in framing mode and time resolution to 2 ps is possible
FEATURES
o Electrostatic Focus
0 Framing Capability with High Resolution
0 Time resolution to 5 ps
0 35 mm useful cathode area
APPLICATIONS
0 New Streak Cameras
0 LIDAR
0 High Repetition Rate Framing Cameras
0 High Speed Photography
o Replacement for ITT F4157
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