Important historical events in high-speed image-tube photography are briefly high highlighted. The unique recording properties of image-tube diagnostics are be once more emphasized. As an example, some recent results on streak tubes application for femtosecond laser spark investigation are presented. It is concluded that the time-depending focusing of photoelectron images is the only way to overcome femtosecond time resolution limit. The present trends in ultrafast image-tube studies are considered in their connection with development of subfemtosecond photoelectron beam sources intended for femto-attosecond photoelectron diffractometry.

Date Published: 17 March 2005
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 5580, 26th International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics, (17 March 2005); doi: 10.1117/12.570406

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5580:
26th International Congress on High-Speed Photography and Photonics
Dennis L. Paisley; Stuart Kleinfelder; Donald R. Snyder; Brian J. Thompson, Editor(s)