Imaging high jitter, very fast phenomena: A remedy for shutter lag.

Autor: Hoppis N; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA., Sturge KM; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA., Barney JE; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Rd., Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Beaudoin BL; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA., Bussio AM; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA., Hammell AE; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA., Henderson SL; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Rd., Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Krutzler JE; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA., Lichthardt JP; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Rd., Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Mueller AH; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Rd., Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Smith K; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Rd., Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Tappan BC; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Rd., Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Koeth TW; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Rd., Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Review of scientific instruments [Rev Sci Instrum] 2023 Dec 01; Vol. 94 (12).
DOI: 10.1063/5.0168764
Abstrakt: Dielectric breakdown is an example of a natural phenomenon that occurs on very short time scales, making it incredibly difficult to capture optical images of the process. Event initiation jitter is one of the primary challenges, as even a microsecond of jitter time can cause the imaging attempt to fail. Initial attempts to capture images of dielectric breakdown using a gigahertz frame rate camera and an exploding bridge wire initiation were stymied by high initiation jitter. Subsequently, a novel optical delay line apparatus was developed in order to effectively circumvent the jitter and reliably image dielectric breakdown. The design and performance of the optical delay line apparatus are presented. The optical delay line increased the image capture success rate from 25% to 94% while also permitting enhanced temporal resolution and has application in imaging other high-jitter, extremely fast phenomena.
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Databáze: MEDLINE