SIGNAL AVERAGING X-RAY STREAK CAMERA WITH PICOSECOND JITTER

We have developed an averaging picosecond x-ray streak camera using a de-biased photoconductive switch as a generator of a high-voltage ramp . The streak camera is operated at a sweep speed of up to 8 ps/mm, sho t-to-shot jitter is less than +/-1 ps. The streak camera has been used to measure the time history of broadband x-ray emission from an ultra short pulse laser-produced plasma. Accumulation of the streaked x-ray signals significantly improved the signal-to-noise ratio of the data o btained. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.