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Guide to Streak Cameras

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Guide to Streak Cameras

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The streak camera is a device to measure ultra-fast light phenomena and delivers intensity vs. time vs. position (or wavelength) information. It's name dates back to the early days of the high speed rotating drum cameras. These cameras would "streak" reflected light onto film. No other instruments which directly detect ultra-fast light phenomena have better temporal resolution than the streak camera. Since the streak camera is a two dimensional device, it can be used to detect several tens of different light channels simultaneously. For example, used in combination with a spectroscope, time variation of the incident light intensity with respect to wavelength can be measured (time resolved spectroscopy)

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