A New Electron Image Time Dissector Framing Camera for High Speed Photography in the Nanosecond Region

Abstract

The principle of operation of an electron image time dissector framing camera, in which time resolution is achieved by multiple reflexion in crossed electric and magnetic fields in an electron image store, are discussed and comparison is made with other electron store devices. The construction of the camera image tube is described and the effect of the deflecting electric field gradient on time dispersion is considered in detail. Initial results with experimental tubes are illustrated and applications to laser photography in the nanosecond exposure scale are evaluated.