Pulsed Versus Direct Current Calibration of a Proximity Focused X-Ray Streak Camera

摘要

The absolute sensitivity of a proximity focused x-ray streak tube was measured with dc Henke tube x-ray line sources. Calibration covered the photon energy range from 0.930 to 8.05 keV at five points. These data were compared to a model of sensitivity based on photocathode response and matched the model well on a relative scale. A pulsed comparison was performed using a laser-plasma x-ray source. The calculated camera sensitivity was folded with the measured spectrum and compared to measured film exposures. The predicted exposures were 6.5 times less than the measured exposures, verifying concerns that the proximity focused tube response is nonlinear with flux at low, dc flux levels. Results of dc recalibrations that varied flux levels determined the extent of this phenomenon. (ERA citation 06:017764)