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Kentech Instruments Ltd. Two Channel Gated Optical Intensifier Serial Number J14080131 Last Modified 5-2-15 PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE UNIT Print in colour not in Black and White. Hazard information is coloured RED Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K.
RS232 INTERFACE ........................24 13.11.1 THE PROTOCOL ........................25 13.12 COMMANDS FOR CHANNEL 1 (A) ..................26 13.13 COMMANDS FOR CHANNEL 2 (b) ..................29 Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Magnetic field computed data and various limits ............ 56 Appendix 2 XML response ......................57 Appendix 3 JSON response ......................61 Appendix 4 Operation without magnets in the head ..............62 Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
GOI or expose any part of its circuitry. In the event of malfunction, the GOI must be returned to Kentech Instruments Ltd. or its appointed agent for repair. The accessible terminals of this instrument are protected from hazardous voltages by basic insulation and protective grounding via the IEC power input connector.
Neutral Density Photo Cathode Pulse Repetition Frequency PSU or psu power supply unit Standard Deviation software Uniform Resource Locator w.r.t. With Respect To Extensible Markup Language Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
“OFF” edge of the gate pulse in medium mode. In fast mode the gate width is only controlled by the reverse bias applied to the cathode. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
The tube serial numbers as well as the channel numbers are labelled both on the heads and on the rear panel of the driver. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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The jacks are fitted to the bracket through an anti-rotation slot. It is also advisable to inspect and clean out loose debris from the internal surfaces with compressed air or a gas duster can before mating. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
On the rear face are four holes on a 68 mm square. They are tapped M3 and screws can protrude into them by 12mm but only 7mm is tapped. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
The cables should not degrade the fast (sub ns rise time) trigger pulse that the trigger unit delivers. If long cable runs are needed then the cable quality may need to be upgraded. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
The delay between initial trigger at the front panel and the gate pulse getting to the intensifier is shown in the specifications, see section 7 on page 8. The camera could be triggered from the signal Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
A >100mW peak power laser diode with a ≤ 60ps pulse duration is suitable. In both cases a pre-trigger signal is required with a lead time ~50ns. It Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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The most convenient way to obtain the gate time is with a photodiode monitoring the output signal and plotting the output intensity while stepping the delay. The source and camera Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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This test is most sensitive if the timing is set such that the image is approximately 50% of peak brightness, i.e. the source is changing most rapidly. Figure 2 Input window Figure 3 Output window Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
The GOI has 4 primary operating modes, INHIBIT, FAST, SLOW and DC. Note that the “medium” mode is not distinguished in software. The primary operating mode is determined by the value in the variable b_goi_mode. 0 = Inhibit Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
The slow gate width can be changed by writing the desired gate width in ns to b_slow_width. In SLOW mode the slow LED is illuminated. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
The results of the self test can be read from [for channel 2(b)] b_status 0 = normal non zero = self test fail Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
The values of all the system variables, together with data type and limits can be obtained by a GET operation to http://192.168.2.215/i.xml or http://192.168.2.215/i.json. Here is an example of responses using POSTER Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Figure 4 Example responses using POSTER with xml response Figure 5 Example responses using POSTER with json response Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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If no variables have changed, the GOI will pause for 2 seconds or so before responding. This is done to limit web traffic if it is continually polled. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
Write to variables JSON 13.11 RS232 INTERFACE The RS232 interface is set to 115.2 kBaud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, no handshake. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
No execution will result. 3) as above with invalid parameter 5000 b!gm and the response would be:- {5000 b!gm;?param} Again no execution will result. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
Name a@swidth Explanation read slow gate width, i.e. read a_slow_width Format a@sw Parameters none Returned values r1 = {100, 1000000, x1ns} slow gate width Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Parameters none Returned values r1 = {0, 1} overload flag state Name a!trigf Explanation write triggered flag, i.e. write to a_trig_flag Format p1 a!tr Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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= {0, 55000, x1ps} trigger delay, i.e. value of a_trig_delay r9 = {0, 1} dconf flag, i.e. value of a_dc_on r10 = {0, 1} status flag, i.e. value of a_status Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
Name b@swidth Explanation read slow gate width, i.e. read b_slow_width Format b@sw Parameters none Returned values r1 = {100, 1000000, x1ns} slow gate width Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Returned values none Name b@ovld Explanation read overload flag, i.e. read b_ovld_flag Format b@ov Parameters none Returned values r1 = {0, 1} overload flag state Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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= {0, 55000, x1ps} trigger delay, i.e. value of b_trig_delay r9 = {0, 1} dconf flag, i.e. value of b_dc_on r10 = {0, 1} status flag, i.e. value of b_status Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
= {0, 255} read serial no. Name safe Explanation put both channels of the GOI into inhibit mode Format safe Parameters none Returned values none Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
Read fast mode, should be default value of zero... b@fm {b@fm;0 } Read trigger delay, should be default value of 0ns... b@td {b@td;0 } Read status, should be normal value of zero... b@tst Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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{1 b!dc} Set gain to 200..200 b!ga {200 b!ga} Set trigger delay to 25ns..25000 b!td {25000 b!td} Set fast mode 3..3 b!fm Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
Look for image, can’t see it because it is too dim, so increase the gain 100 b!ga {100 b!ga} Switch cathode on again DC for 5 seconds by setting DC on flag 1 b!dc {1 b!dc} Etc. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
800 b!ga {800 b!ga} Check triggered flag is zero b@tr {b@tr;0 } Now apply a trigger signal, and check triggered flag again... b@tr {b@tr;1} Success Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
Time (ns) Fast and medium gate voltages 1000 Volts -500 -1000 -1500 Time (ns) Figure 10 Fast and medium gate waveforms Showing relative timing (typical data) Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Shorter medium gate voltage waveforms 1000 Volts -500 -1000 -1500 10.5 11.5 12.5 13.5 Time (ns) Figure 11 Medium gate waveforms showing relative timing of the edges (typical data). Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
Made with a 40ps laser diode. Figure 13 Ch1 Speed 0 Time right to left ~90 ps. Figure 12 Ch1 Speed 1 Time right to left ~ 105ps Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Figure 14 Ch1 Speed 2 Time right to left ~ 130ps Figure 15 Ch1 Speed 3 Time right to left ~ 270ps Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Figure 16 Ch1 Speed 4 Time right to left ~ 500ps. Figure 17 Ch1 Speed 5 Time right to left ~ 1ns Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Figure 18 Ch1 Speed 6 Time right to left ~ 2ns. Figure 19 Ch1 Speed 7 Time right to left ~3.5ns Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Figure 20 Ch1 Speed 8 Time right to left ~ 4ns. Figure 21 Ch1 Speed 9 Time right to left ~ 5ns Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Ch1 Shortest gate - digitised and normalised Time left to right The pre-cursor is due to the sampling laser diode not turning fully off at the end of its pulse. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
OPTICAL GATE WAVEFORMS CHANNEL 2 (b) Figure 24 Ch2 Speed 0 Time right to left ~90 ps. Figure 25 Ch2 Speed 1 Time right to left ~90 ps. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Figure 26 Ch2 Speed 2 Time right to left ~90 ps. Figure 27 Ch2 Speed 3 Time right to left ~90 ps. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Figure 28 Ch2 Speed 4 Time right to left ~90 ps. Figure 29 Ch2 Speed 5 Time right to left ~90 ps. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Figure 31 Ch2 Speed 6 Time right to left ~90 ps. Figure 32 Ch2 Speed 7 Time right to left ~90 ps. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Figure 33 Ch2 Speed 8 Time right to left ~90 ps. Figure 34 Ch2 Speed 9 Time right to left ~90 ps. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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Ch1 Shortest gate - digitised and normalised Time left to right The pre-cursor is due to the sampling laser diode not turning fully off at the end of its pulse. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
With suitable screening the "non-magnetic" status is easily achievable. This data is obtained computationally and is advisory only. Always check actual units in critical situations. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
Do not attempt to remove the magnets without the relevant jacking screws and guides as there is a real risk of damage to both the intensifier and one’s fingers. Kentech Instruments Ltd., Isis Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BA, U.K. Last Modified 5-2-15...
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