Abstract

A new pulse-dilated photomultiplier tube (PD-PMT) with sub-20 ps temporal resolution and associated drivers have been developed for use detection and signal amplification in the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) community. The PD-PMT is coupled to a transmission line output in order to provide a continuous time history of the input signal. Electron pulse dilation provides high-speed detection capabilities by converting incoming signals into a free-electron cloud and manipulating the electron signal with electric and magnetic fields. This velocity dispersion is translated into temporal separation after the electrons transit into a drift space. The free electrons are then detected by using conventional time-resolved methods and the effective temporal resolution is improved about 12 times. In order to accurately obtain the actual device input signal, we experimentally investigated the relationship between microchannel plate (MCP) gain and electron energy during the first collision. We report the measurements with the PD-PMT, and the error source of the amplitude of the compressed signal is analyzed, which provides a reference for subsequent accurate construction.

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