A nanosecond Kerr magneto-optic camera.

A Kerr magneto‐optic camera has been constructed which takes 10 nsec exposures of the dynamic magnetization configuration in a magnetic thin film during high speed flux reversal. The photographs obtained have 10 μ resolution and sufficient contrast and brightness to record, in a single exposure, the dynamic state during a 50 nsec or longer flux reversal. The time at which the photograph is taken relative to the application of the switching field is variable from ‐100 nsec to +10 μsec with a relative time stability at any setting of ±3 nsec. A Q‐switched ruby laser is used as a light source. The 10 nsec exposure time is obtained with a Kerr electro‐optic shutter. The reversing field has a risetime of 10 nsec, decay time of 20 nsec, variable amplitude (<30 Oe), duration (<10 μsec), and is applied with a stripline. Included in the description of the system are discussions of a blocking oscillator circuit used to drive KU‐27 thyratrons with a jitter of less than 1 nsec, an electron multiplier pulse amplifier ...

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