Picosecond Chronoscopy Of Repetitive Weak Light Sources Using The Synchroscan System

A picosecond streak camera which operates at a repetition rate of 140 MHz in synchronism with a CW mode-locked laser is described. Experi-mental results are presented which indicate that the SYNCHROSCAN system at present has a temporal resolution ≈ 1Opsec and the possibility of improving this resolution;Opsec is discussed. SYNCHROSCAN has been built into a commercially available camera (IIIACON 675) and a temporal resolution ⪅2Opsec demonstrated in this form.