IntensifiedStreakKameras
Intensified streak cameras are specialized high-speed imaging devices used to capture extremely fast transient events. They combine the principles of streak cameras with image intensifiers. A streak camera works by converting a 2D spatial image into a 1D temporal trace. Light from the event strikes a photocathode, which emits electrons. These electrons are then accelerated and swept across a phosphor screen by a time-varying electric field, effectively stretching the event's time evolution into a spatial dimension.
The "intensified" aspect comes from incorporating an image intensifier, typically a microchannel plate (MCP), into the
Intensified streak cameras are employed in fields requiring the observation of phenomena occurring on picosecond to