High-speed TV cameras for streak tube readout

Abstract

Two fast framing TV cameras have been characterized and compared as readout media for imaging of 40 mm diameter streak tube (P-11) phosphor screens. One camera is based upon a Focus-Projection-Scan (FPS) high-speed electrostatic deflected vidicon with 30-mm-diameter PbO target. The other uses an interline transfer charge-coupled device (CCD) with 8.8 {times} 11.4 mm rectangular Si target. The field-of-view (FOV), resolution, responsivity, and dynamic range provided by both cameras when exposed to short duration ({approx} 10 {mu} full width at half maximum (FWHM)) transient illumination followed by a single field readout period of {lt}3 ms are presented. 11 refs., 8 figs., 3 tabs