
The streak
tube is intended for soft X-ray fast running processes image registration in a
streak modes. It has replaceable semitransparent Au or CsJ pohotocathodes
applied on a 100 nm parylene film or 10-15 μm beryllium foil,an accelerating
gird electrode closed to the photocathode, a focusing electrode, one pair of
deflecting plates with pin inputs, one MCP and a blue/green screen applied on a
fiber-optic disk.
The
streak tube is supplied with a flange. Using this flange the tube is
vacuum-tight coupled with a flange of pumped camera where the registered
process is developed The flange is connected to a streak tube shell using a
siphon what make it possible to rotate
streak tube optical axis in any directions up to 100 angle related
to a direction of registered radiation incidence at the photocathode. It is
necessary to avoid ingress of rather hard X-ray radiation which can be occur
simultaneously with soft X-ray radiation at MCP and to avoid appearance of
spurious background on the sweep image of detected process
Maim parameters
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Photocathode material
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Au or CJ
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Range of spectral sensitivity, eV:
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102 – 104
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Dimensions of the photocathode useful area, mm х mm
- slit
photocathode applied on the parylene film or beryllium foil
- frame photocathode applied on the beryllium foil |
0,1 х 15
8 х 8
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Diameter of the screen useful area, mm
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25
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Magnification, a. u.
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1
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Spatial photocathode voltage in a static mode, l.p./mm
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≥ 20
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Useful photocathode voltage, kV
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≤ 5
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Accelerated gird electrode voltage related to the
photocathode, kV
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≤ 1
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Maximum electron gain in MCP, a. u.
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≥ 5 х 103
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Limiting temporal resolution of the tube operated in a
streak mode, ps
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10
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Sensitivity of the deflecting plates, mm/V
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≥ 0,075
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Useful vacuum, Pa
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≤ 6 х
10-4
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Streak tube dimensions, mm
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length
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215
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width / max diameter
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75
/ 75
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Weight, kg
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0,75
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