easy users guide to the hamamatsu c5680 streak camera
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1. Rob Heathcote amp Margaret Notley 2008 OPERATING THE PROGRAM The software for running the streak camera is called HPD TA 32 Before starting the program all components need to be powered up The current version of the software is 7 00 On starting the program the following window will appear HPD TA 32 High Performance Digital Temporal Analyzer Camera type C4742 95 ORCA 7 PC DIG Streak devices oo Device GP IB Addr Cancel C5680 7 M5676 B DG535 15 The camera type should be 4742 95 ORCA PCDIG The streak devices should be C5680 M5676 on GPIB address 8 There may also be a DG535 If you are running the system with a DG535 Stanford Delay Generator then the GPIB address of the device needs to match it in the program If a DG535 needs to be added or the address changed click the Setup button This document is for guidance purposes only for use of CLF equipment at CLF labs Please consult local rules for health and safety of use of equipment in conjunction with this practical use guide 9 Science amp Technology Facilities Council Central Laser Facility Manual edited and published by Rob Heathcote amp Margaret Notley 2008 Device control setup IF setup cabling External devices setup 170 addr Fu DEAK M GPIB installed at 0 asl Ait as Rate ni GPIB board type Keithley HI Device C5680 g P2. a Science amp Technology Facilities Council Central Laser Facility Manual edited and published by Rob Heathcote amp Margaret Notley 2008 EASY USERS GUIDE TO THE HAMAMATSU C5680 STREAK CAMERA VERSION 1 00 The aim of this manual is to train the user in the basic safe operation of the Hamamatsu Streak Camera C5680 Not to be confused with the Hamamatsu Femtosecond Streak Camera FESCA For more details on particular functions in the software please refer to the HPD TA User Manual Any comments on this manual will be greatly appreciated Rob Heathcote September 2006 TRANSPORTATION The streak camera should only be moved by a member of the target area staff Notes The camera should only be lifted from its base The handle at the top is NOT designed to bare the weight of the camera Take special care not to put any load on the CCD camera or its mount or the entrance slit housing Only move the streak camera once all cables have been removed This document is for guidance purposes only for use of CLF equipment at CLF labs Please consult local rules for health and safety of use of equipment in conjunction with this practical use guide 9 a Science amp Technology Facilities Council Central Laser Facility Manual edited and published by Rob Heathcote amp Margaret Notley 2008 HARDWARE SETUP The Streak camera components should be wired in the following way Once every thing is connected power can be br
3. h sweep rate on the DG535 Only applicable if a DG535 is used This document is for guidance purposes only for use of CLF equipment at CLF labs Please consult local rules for health and safety of use of equipment in conjunction with this practical use guide 9
4. he slit can be adjusted with the large screw on the top of the entrance housing next to the main body This will normally not be required F8 is a panic button which will instantaneously close the shutter and reduce the gain to zero In focus mode you will notice a bright horizontal band across the screen even when the shutter is closed This is the thermal background dark current of the cathode The dimensions of the cathode are 0 15 mm x 5 33 mm It is therefore important that extreme care is taken when operating this camera as the slit cannot be moved to another region of the screen if the cathode is damaged If you need to capture an image in focus mode then a separate trigger synchronous with the laser will need to be applied to the Ext trig on the rear panel of the CCD controller This is because the Monitor Out only gives out a signal when the streak camera is sweeping Triggering Internal Delays For the signal to appear at the centre of the screen the external trigger has to arrive at the camera at the exact times given in Table 1 before the light hits the slit Sweep Internal Accumulative Range ns 2e ay ns r ns re i ae a 11 566 665 Table 1 Internal delay values This document is for guidance purposes only for use of CLF equipment at CLF labs Please consult local rules for health and safety of use of equipment in conjunction with this practical use guide 9 Science amp Technology Facilitie
5. lugin M5676 M5679 Connected to Addr Streak camera GPIB 8 Use spectrograph Spectrograph None 13 Delay generator GPIB 15 Delay generator Hone i i Counter board Counter board typey f DT2819 TROS Connected to Streak camega status port A 6536 shutter box lf il addr installed at 560 if Use delay generator Use delay generator Setup Cancel Use this box to set the correct GPIB address to the DG535 you are using Check this box if you are using a DG535 All other setting should remain as in the diagram above Once this is been done and the changes have taken place click OK on the start window To start the acquisition controller click the camcorder symbol at the top of the screen Device Chromex 25015 Device DG535 Device DG535 This document is for guidance purposes only for use of CLF equipment at CLF labs Please consult local rules for health and safety of use of equipment in conjunction with this practical use guide 9 Science amp Technology Facilities Council Central Laser Facility Manual edited and published by Rob Heathcote amp Margaret Notley 2008 GENERAL NOTES The entrance housing consists of transmissive input optics that image the slit on to the cathode To give the sharpest image for the wavelength the camera is being operated in the camera focusing ring may need to be adjusted The vertical position of t
6. ment in conjunction with this practical use guide 9 a Science amp Technology Facilities Council Central Laser Facility Manual edited and published by Rob Heathcote amp Margaret Notley 2008 WINDOW EXPLANATIONS gt C5680 M5676 control Eg Parameter name Parameter value C5680 M5676 control This window controls the streak camera Changes the sweep range Changes the operation mode Controls the value on the MCP Maximum of 63 Controls shutter Changes between allowing single and continuous triggers The time after which the shutter automatically closes when in focus mode The manufacturer has recommended that the finder mode not be used as it can easily result in damage to MCP if gain is set gt 1 LUT control This tool changes the contrast of the displayed images on the screen The asterisk star button in the right hand lower corner auto scales to the min and max intensity values of the displayed image C4742 95 12NRB Acquisition Control This dialog box is the controls for the CCD camera For most applications LIVE and ACQUIRE are the only options that will be needed For the uses of ANALOG INTEGRATION and PHOTON COUNTING please refer to the HPD TA manual LIVE runs the camera either in free run or capture on every trigger ACQUIRE lets the CCD capture one frame then stops DG535 Control Window This only applies for applications where a DG535 can be used This dialog box allows you t
7. o control a DG535 delay box from the computer This has the added benefit that it can be setup to remember the delay settings for each Sweep Speed The delays are best altered using the up and down arrow keys To move in steps of 10 hold down either Ctrl Shift or Alt while using the arrow keys For steps of 100 hold any combination of 2 of Alt Shift and Ctrl and for steps of a 1000 hold all 3 This document is for guidance purposes only for use of CLF equipment at CLF labs Please consult local rules for health and safety of use of equipment in conjunction with this practical use guide 9 Science amp Technology Facilities Council Central Laser Facility Manual edited and published by Rob Heathcote amp Margaret Notley 2008 MENU EXPANATIONS If delays are typed in the return key will need to be pressed before the value changes To change the exponent of the range press E To change the setup of the DG535 select manual input to ON This should give you all the options of the DG535 as running it manually Setup gt C4742 95 12NRB C4 742 95 127NRB setup Scan mode ECD area C Normal f 1024 x 1024 C External timing Superpixel C 1280 x 1024 Edge trigger Level trigger SB imming fj 2x iqger source dxd BNC C 8xB D Sub Digital 1 F ie i i Scan Area Re oe 512 x 512 Camera information C4742 95 127NHE AD converter 12 bit Normal type Available binning 2x2 4
8. ought on It is recommended that the power to the controller units and Computer be brought on individually Before starting the software make a note of the GPIB address of SRS Delay box DG535 Address can be found by pressing the GPIB menu button on the front panel SRS Delay Generator DG535 BNC CABLE IN TO EXT TRIG OF DG535 MAX 15V OUTPUT BNC CABLE FROM AB IN TO TRIG IN TTL SV SQ CAMERA CABLE ESEN BNC CABLE MONITOR OUT TO EXT TRIG SERIAL CABLE GPIB CABLE DIGITAL INTERFACE CABLE GPIB CABLE When using a DG535 it is very important that as a 50Q load is specified for the AB output that a 50Q load 50Q terminator be present on AB output as well It is not always possible to run the streak camera with a DG535 because of timing issues The minimum internal delay of a DG535 is 85ns and the maximum internal delay of the streak camera is 83 4ns the 50ns range The time between trigger and the light needs to be greater than the combined cable and internal delays of the units If the delays are greater then the DG535 will have to be exchanged for manual delay boxes such as Hamamatsu C1097 This document is for guidance purposes only for use of CLF equipment at CLF labs Please consult local rules for health and safety of use of equipment in conjunction with this practical use guide 9 a Science amp Technology Facilities Council lt gt Central Laser Facility Manual edited and published by
9. s Council Central Laser Facility Manual edited and published by Rob Heathcote amp Margaret Notley 2008 SCREEN LAYOUT LUT controls Look Up Table Changes the way the image is displayed in the image window Effectively changes the contrast HPD TA 32 High Perform ince Digital Temporal Analyzer File Setup Acquisition Correctidhs Analysis Display Processing Window Info AE ee Ee ED fa LUT Control 1000 2000 3000 4000 Live 0 Zoom x 1 Mi i aiii i Image window In live the image will be refreshed in the live window In acquire each capture will appear in a new window ek C4742 95 12NRB acquisition control X eee T Analog Y Photon Integration counting m Exposure time Exposure af gt fiT ms Gain amp Offset Gain 4 ro Offset oof Streak trigger Active Set count fi Elapsed Real time background subtraction RTBS Do RT Backsub Get BG data DG535 control C5680 M5676 control C4742 95 12 NRB acquisition control This window conttols the This is control for the main streak Stanford Research Systems camera unit This window controls the image SRS delay generator This is only present if one can be used See hardware setup acquisition This document is for guidance purposes only for use of CLF equipment at CLF labs Please consult local rules for health and safety of use of equip
10. x4 8x68 OF Cancel The C4742 95 12NRB setup dialog box should be set as in the diagram above The reason why the CCD ts set to bin 2x2 is because the limiting factor in resolution tis the streak unit itself Running the CCD camera at its full 1024x1024 pixels does not gain you any more resolution from the system This document is for guidance purposes only for use of CLF equipment at CLF labs Please consult local rules for health and safety of use of equipment in conjunction with this practical use guide 9 a Science amp Technology Facilities Council Central Laser Facility Manual edited and published by Rob Heathcote amp Margaret Notley 2008 Setup gt Trigger setup Trigger method for operate mode In Not syncronised the CCD camera free runs and is similar to the way the camera operates in focus mode In Sequential trigger the streak camera triggers the CCD to capture Selecting this prompts you to connect a BNC from the Monitor Out on the back of the streak camera to the Trigger in on the back of the CCD controller If you wish to trigger the CCD in focus mode a separate trigger has to be applied to the back of the CCD controller from another source In this circumstance this menu does not apply Setup gt Device Control Options The only box that should be selected is the Azzo delay delay box Selecting this option allows the computer to remember the time delay of eac
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