介绍了一个旨在将高时间分辨率和高探测灵敏度相结合、用于惯性约束聚变(ICF)研究的时间分辨的中子诊断技术的中子示波管,初步实验获得了技术时间分辨约40ps,可探测中子总产额10⁸.

This article presents an oscillograph with both high time resolution and detection efficiency used in time-resolved neutron diagnosis in ICF (inertial confinement fusion). The oscillograph, comprising a neutron cathode, a specially designed electron optical configuration and a pair of plane deflector, is similar to a streak camera in principle except that no spatial information can be obtained. A sandwich-like polyethylene-CsI-aluminium is used to convert neutron into electron beam. The electron optics system converges the electron beam excited by neutron from a wide area at the image plane. These electrons are steered transversely by a linear voltage to obtain the intensity evolution versus time. In the experiment, a neutron generator was used to test the function and the detective efficiency of the neutron cathode, resulting in a neutron beam of approximately 10⁸ be recorded in total flux. Also an equivalence of the oscillograph with a multi-alkali photocathode was used to simulate its operation in dynamic mode by which the instrumental resolution is calibrated to be 40ps around in the proof-of-priciple experiment.